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In the Pacific, there are communities and people deeply connected to the sea, where stories of resilience and adventure fill every wave. Among them is Mr. Francisco Blaha, who started his journey on fishing vessels at just 18 years old and has since become a seasoned advocate for fishermen's rights.
Venturing into the Pacific as a migrant fisherman in 1991, Mr. Blaha spent four years navigating different vessels without formal contracts or immigration ties, a practice he found unsettling.
SUVA, FIJI, APRIL 22, 2024– The Pacific region's reliance on its rich marine resources- critical in food security, economic stability, and cultural heritage, makes it imperative that sustainable fishing practices are not just encouraged but strictly enforced, Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen says.
Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed colleagues, and valued community members,
Welcome to our important gathering today, where we focus on the critical role of Community-Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) in sustaining the vibrant coastal fisheries that are a cornerstone of our regional identity and economy.
- Comprehensive needs and gap analysis undertaken
- Accreditation and delivery of existing technical and vocational education and training (TVET) courses (e.g.fisheries enforcement)
- Design of continuing professional development and career pathways including business skills
- Development and delivery of additional training courses identified through needs and gap analysis related to coastal fisheries management and sustainable marine
- development
- Applied research, postgraduate, workplace development training and TVET scholarships
- Analysis of tuna bycatch at regional and national levels
- Ecosystem modelling and development of indicators
- Evaluation of electronic monitoring for purse-seine vessels
- Research to address biological uncertainties in tuna stock assessment models
- Improved modelling of relative abundance using catch per unit effort
- Capacity development through long-term and shortterm attachments with SPC
- Surveys of commercially important invertebrates
- Socioeconomic surveys of coastal communities, including gender-segregated data
- Mainstreaming of gender and rights-based approach, training, and national gender stocktakes
- Coastal fisheries data collection and national database development, including trials of new technology
- Support and mentoring for the community-based ecosystem approach to fisheries management (CEAFM) at national and local levels
- CEAFM management and coordination with nongovernmental organisations (NGOs)
- Support for the review of national legislation to be in line with international principles as well as the implementation of IUU national plans of action
- Training to deal with IUU incidents and assistance with prosecutions and sanctions
- Trials of new technology to assist national and regional monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) efforts
- Technical assistance with catch documentation systems, electronic monitoring and electronic reporting
- International outreach and advocacy on IUU and control of high seas fisheries
- Establishment of a competent authority support unit to assist PACP government agencies meet sanitary market access requirements
- Support for sanitary and IUU competent authorities to comply with applicable legislation allowing for market access
- Assistance with fisheries development and national policies
- Annual policy dialogue with the European Union
- Assistance to PACP to comply with the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission conservation management measures, and to implement checklist identified priorities
- Support for marine spatial planning in at least two countries
- Integrated ecosystem strategies and coastal zone management planning
- Climate change adaptation strategies integrated into coastal community plans
- Endangered marine species bycatch assessed, and extinction risk evaluated
- Bycatch mitigation strategies developed and rolled-out
- Capacity development through research grant
- Support for community monitoring and protection of endangered species