Regional Technical Meeting on Coastal Fisheries Vanuatu Fisheries

Regional Technical Meeting on Coastal Fisheries Vanuatu Fisheries Department 12 November 2018

Regional 2018 Regional. Technical. Meetingonon. Coastal. Fisheries. SPC, Noumea 2018

Regional 2018 Regional. Technical. Meetingonon. Coastal. Fisheries. SPC, Noumea 2018 OVERVIEW 1. Key Features of Vanuatu 2. Vision of Vanuatu coastal fisheries Road Map 3. Current status of Coastal Fisheries in Vanuatu 4. Strategic actions for managing and developing coastal fisheries in Vanuatu 5. Establish coastal fisheries data collection mechanism 6. Challenges in Managing and Developing coastal fisheries in Vanuatu

Regional 2018 Regional. Technical. Meetingonon. Coastal. Fisheries. SPC, Noumea 2018 1. Key Features of Vanuatu § Total Land Area – 12, 200 sq. km § Total EEZ – 668, 220 sq. km § Total Reef Area – 1, 200 sq. km § Length of coastline is 3, 132 km § Area of inner reefs and lagoons is approximately 448 sq. km § Reef topography is a narrow fringing generally <100 m band § Total Population – 282, 117 § 80% live in rural areas with 77% of population living in coastal areas

Regional Technical Meeting on Coastal Fisheries SPC, Noumea 2018 2. Vision of Vanuatu Coastal Fisheries Road Map § By 2030 secure sustainable coastal fisheries, underpinned by community-based approaches to ensure the resilience and wellbeing of our people ( Thus insupport to the SPC new Song) 3. Current Status of Coastal fisheries in Vanuatu STRENGHT § Community cultural Governance ( Resource owners) § Local knowledge to mange coastal resources at the community level § Fisheries Act 2014 - Regulations

Regional 2018 Regional. Technical. Meetingonon. Coastal. Fisheries. SPC, Noumea 2018 4. Strategic actions for Managing and Developing coastal fisheries § Ecological monitoring (Baseline in Vanuatu information, Coral reef, Mangrove and sea grass) § Stock assessment of target resources (Determine Harvest quota)…. we § Establish large community based tabu area (> 2 km), supported by communities § Engaged community in eradication of COT’s using vinegar and Lime Juice ( Reporting through VFD website or Oreanet A B mobile app) C

Regional 2018 Regional. Technical. Meetingonon. Coastal. Fisheries. SPC, Noumea 2018 4. Strategic actions for Managing and Developing coastal fisheries in Vanuatu Continue • 1, 627 household engaged in Fresh Aquaculture farming, thus represent 2% of Vanuatu total household which is 55285 ( minicensus 2016) • Over 200 fresh water Aquaculture farms established. ( subsistence, semi commercial and commercial) • Estimated Pond area covers 9654 m² thus covers a total of 0. 009% of the Vanuatu total land area which is 12200 km² • Estimated fresh water Aquaculture production of the current established ponds is forecast to be 10 t with an estimated value of 6. 2 million vatu for each farming cycle Wild capture vs Aquaculture, 7048. 2, 10% Wild capture, 63254. 86, 90% Aquaculture Farm Distribution

Regional 2018 Regional. Technical. Meetingonon. Coastal. Fisheries. SPC, Noumea 2018 4. Strategic actions for Managing and Developing coastal fisheries in Vanuatu Continue § Establishment of Fishers Association § Deployment of Bamboo & Vatu_ika FAD. technology, cost appropriate, Recommend to Ho. F) § Provide training on fishing Technology § Establish Processing and Storage facility § Innovations § Installation of Pelagic data system and satellite buoy on deployed FADS

Regional 2018 Regional. Technical. Meetingonon. Coastal. Fisheries. SPC, Noumea 2018 5. Coastal fisheries Data collection mechanism Tails (innovation) § Tails PLUS - Capture Pelagic, reef fish and deep bottom fishery data Aquanetix (Innovation) § Rollout in 2 farms § Improve and strengthen aquaculture farm management, monitoring and data collection

Regional 2018 Regional. Technical. Meetingonon. Coastal. Fisheries. SPC, Noumea 2018 5. Challenges in Managing and Developing coastal fisheries in Vanuatu § Lack of Fishers association coordination. § Small size hardly boats vrs increasing population § Limited capacity of the Fishing industry to supply domestic market § Limited knowledge on Fish Value addition and Marketing § Limited Biological information on Deep bottom fishery for Quota management…. . MSY figures are very old § Lack of consistent supply of Aquaculture Feed to meet the higher number of Established farms § Frequent natural disasters occurring § Limited Data collection strategies…

Regional 2018 Regional. Technical. Meetingonon. Coastal. Fisheries. SPC, Noumea 2018 “TASTE DOES NOT MATTER FISH ON THE TABLE DOES MATTERS” Thank yu TUMAS