Pathways to Change in Pacific Coastal Fisheries 40

Pathways to Change in Pacific Coastal Fisheries

40 40 30 30 20 20 10 10 0 0 2015 Source: SPC and Dalzell et al (1996) 2020 2025 2030 Coastal fish production (t x 1000) Fish needed (t x 1000) Fish supply challenge (e. g. Solomon Islands)

The coastal fisheries challenges • Geographically dispersed, relative to national government capacity • Many fishers, high diversity of gears and species • Centralized management has enjoyed low levels of success so communities have to be central to solutions 1. How to engage with communities to catalyze and empower them to manage their resources 2. How to scale this out to 1000’s of communities

• Regional response to the challenge of securing coastal fisheries • Project designed to support New Song outcomes

Second Phase of Pac. Fish • Continue work on CBFM in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu • Increase focus on regional analysis, scaling, nutrition and gender • Funded by DFAT, ACIAR, and University of Wollongong with considerable in-kind funding from national agencies, SPC and World. Fish • Funding of $ 7. 4 million over four years • Starts July 2017

Second Phase Objectives 1. Strengthen Pacific institutions to implement the New Song for coastal fisheries; 2. Improve and scale out CBFM in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu; 3. Improve opportunities and performance of livelihoods in support of CBFM initiatives; 4. Increase the voice and influence of women in coastal fisheries, and improve their access to, and control over, resources and fisheries benefits; 5. Promote nutrition security in the Pacific food system through improved management and use of fish.

Fish in the Pacific Food System

Obj 1 Strengthening institutions • Facilitate regional, national and sub-national exchange of experiences in CBFM to produce generalized lessons • Integrate project activities with other initiatives in KIR, SLB, and VUT • Support national implementation plans for New Song in KIR, SLB, and VUT • Support national agencies to update inshore policies, including mechanisms for livelihood development in communities • Strengthen sub-national capacity to implement CBFM

Obj 2 Strengthening and scaling CBFM In collaboration with national agencies, SPC and LMMA and others • Regional exchange platforms to integrate project-based initiatives • Support communities to implement existing CBFM plans and engage with new communities to assist them to self-sufficiently implement CBFM • Support national extension programs and test alternative strategies for scaling out CBFM in VUT, KIR and SLB • Establish co-management in at least three locations in contexts identified as challenging for CBFM

Obj 3 Support national FAD programs in Vanuatu and Solomons • Continue to test FAD integration with CBFM • Test community-based fad monitoring using TAILS

Obj 3 Tilapia farming in Vanuatu • Support Vanuatu Fisheries develop community-based farming in Efate • Support VFD/SPC import GIFT tilapia and refresh broodstock • Value chain analysis and market development

Obj 4 Gender and youth “Women and youth are integral to successful coastal fisheries management. In the fisheries sector, their role is often overlooked or diminished. Gender relations have a significant effect on the course of development and so the voice of women and youth must be heard … In addition to playing a greater role in decision-making, women and youth must have more equitable access to the benefits flowing from coastal fisheries. ” New Song (SPC 2015) • What are the culturally appropriate opportunities to change gender norms that we know will lead to improvements to livelihoods, productivity and wellbeing?

Obj 4 Gender and youth activities • Gender baselines in communities and nationally • Assess gender capacity needs of national and provincial government and NGOs • Train fisheries staff on gender-based approaches to fisheries management • Use gender-sensitive/transformative facilitation tools and activities in communities • Support/co-host regional and national women in SSF and CBFM forums

Obj 5 Fish consumption and the food environment

Obj 5 activities/outputs With a particular focus on fish …. • Summaries of dietary diversity and consumption for nine countries with standardized HIES by mid 2018 (possibly more) • Regional and national analyses of trade by major food groups • National scenarios on the availability, demand use of fish, incorporating climate-change impacts • Community interventions to improve dietary diversity of women and young children at selected CBFM / livelihood sites

M&E – integrating with the New Song

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