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Regional Workshop on Promotion of Strategic Implementation of Fisheries Co-management and Rights-based Fisheries for Enhancing Good Governance in Coastal and Inland Fisheries Management

Date: 2-3 February 2011

Venue: Jasmine Executive Suites Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

Objectives

The overall objectives of the project

To promote practices of rights-based fisheries and co-management to improve small-scale fisheries management to get better condition in ASEAN region.

The objectives of the regional workshop

1. To review applicable practice and application of co-management and rights-based fisheries to secure means of livelihood and sustainable coastal and inland fisheries.

2. To conduct SWOT analysis so as to identify competency of applicable practice and lesson-learned on co-management fisheries and rights-based fisheries brought a proper and effective fisheries management for sustainability.

3. To formulate strategy of promoting co-management and rights-based fisheries by applying the results of SWOT analysis to achieve good governance in coastal and inland fisheries management.

Expectation

The strategy will be published and distributed as a guidebook to fisheries officials and local management organizations for considering criteria and selecting proper practice of co-management and rights-based fisheries to sustain coastal and inland fisheries resources management in ASEAN region.

Activities implemented

The Secretary-General of SEAFDEC, Dr. Chumnarn Pongsri, welcomed the participants and observers to the Regional Workshop. He emphasized that the concepts of co-management and rights-based fisheries are still needed enabling environment to promote in Southeast Asian Region. After that, Dr. Supaporn Anuchiracheeva kindly presented on the concepts of co-management and rights-based fisheries management. Including the important of these approaches as well as the experience and lesson-learned in Bang Saphan District, Thailand. And the next agenda, the member countries would presented on the activities/practices initiated by local community or national government relevant to co-management and rights-based fisheries in their own country.

After that, the workshop was carry out a SWOT analysis by the resources person, Dr. Kungwan Juntarashote. The participants were actively participating to practice the strategic planning in co-management by using SWOT analysis. Then, the participants used the result of SWOT analysis to make the strategy for promoting co-management to achieve good governance in coastal and inland fisheries management. During discussion, the participant was propose the strategy on “Efficient enhancement of co-management practices in Southeast Asia” which composed of three objectives; 1) enhance fisheries resources for sustainable use, 2) improve livelihoods in communities, 3) promote responsible fisheries practices. Under this strategy, it has 17 measures for example, the measure to solve the degraded coastal resources and poverty in communities. Moreover, the future activities on co-management were clarified in the meeting. At the end of the workshop, the Deputy Secretary-General of SEAFDEC, Mr. Kenji Matsumoto, would kindly declare the workshop closed and thanked all the participants and staff for their participation and cooperation during the workshop.

Working Group Meeting at Phnom Penh, the Kingdom of Cambodia

2011-11-29T11:15:00.003+07:00

Date: 21 November 2011
Venue: Phnom Penh, the Kingdom of Cambodia

Objectives

1. To improve better understanding and knowledge of tools and methodologies for collection and compilation of information and statistics on inland and coastal small-scale fisheries in Cambodia

2. To discuss on the meeting preparation for the national workshop in further activity

Timetable

19 November 2011	Leave from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh
20 November 2011	Discussion and prepare documents for special meeting
21 November 2011	Working group meeting at FiA, Phnom Penh
22 November 2011	Leave Phnom Penh for BKK

Result

The Working Group Meeting on the improvement methodology of information collection on inland small-scale fisheries, Cambodia was organized at Fisheries Administration (FiA), Cambodia on 21 November 2011, to improve understanding of methodologies for collection and compilation of information on inland small-scale fisheries in Cambodia. The meeting was attended by 10 representatives of FiA Cambodia, and 5 representatives of SEAFDEC/TD. Ms. Kaing Klrim, Deputy Director General of FiA Cambodia welcomed the participants and declared the Meeting open.

Ms. Sumitra Ruangsivakul kindly explained the background, objectives, project activities in 2011, proposed activities in 2012 and expected outcome of project. SEAFDEC have project on “Improvement of Information Gathering System for IUU-Fishing Related Countermeasures in the Southeast Asia”, which sponsored by Japanese Trust Fund from 2011 to 2015. There are three main activities, and one activity is Improve information gathering on small-scale coastal and inland fisheries towards sustainable fisheries development in the Southeast Asian Region.

The working group meeting was one sub-activity of Improve information gathering on small-scale coastal and inland fisheries towards sustainable fisheries development in SEA Region, to improve better understanding and knowledge of tools and methodologies for collection and compilation of information and statistics on inland fisheries in Cambodia, and further preparatory a National workshop. In addition, Ms. Kaing Klrim mentioned on the methodology system on data collection in inland fisheries in Cambodia are as follow:

1. Individual interview or household survey
2. Group discussion or PRA
3. Fisheries logbook
4. Monitoring with Leader of Community Fisheries

Then, Ms. Sumitra proposed draft of the questionnaire for Inland data collection in Cambodia. The meeting suggested adding the question on Fisheries Conservation and management to the questionnaire. The meeting submitted the working group to cooperate with SEAFDEC/TD namely, Mr. Hong Hy, Mr. Uy Ching and Mr. Lieng Sopha. FiA’s working group and SEAFDEC/TD will develop draft questionnaire together by mail, and submit to FiA Cambodia in December. The meeting proposed to organize the national workshop on compilation of fisheries information and statistics on small-scale coastal and inland fisheries at Siem Reap, Cambodia at the end of January or early of February 2012. The total participants are around 20 persons (15 from FiA Cambodia and 5 from SEAFDEC/TD).

Coastal and Small-scale Fisheries Management

Working Group Meeting at Phnom Penh, the Kingdom of Cambodia