Training on Trainer (TOT) on Facilitating Fisheries Information Gathering through Introduction of Community Based Fisheries Management: Legislative and Institutional Aspects of Rights-based Fisheries Management

Date: 13-15 August 2014

Venue: Da Nang City, Vietnam

Objectives:

1. Support national fisheries staff and provincial staff with the knowledge of Legislative and Institutional Aspects of Rights-based Fisheries Management,

2. Provide legal basic of Rights-based Fisheries Management supporting for revision process of Fisheries Law in Vietnam,

3. Support institutional building of stakeholders for coastal fisheries management,

4. Provide the practical tool and methodology of fisheries data collection and analysis in coastal small-scale fisheries for better development and management of coastal resources to ensure sustainable livelihood for coastal communities,

5. Provide toolkits on Legislative and Institutional Aspects of Rights-based Fisheries Management with practical lesson learnt.

Results

The training was started by presentation of resource person from SEAFDEC and Japan. There were several topic, namely; the concept and advantage of right-based management of coastal fisheries; the case study in Japan, the Legal bases of Fishery Rights in Japan, Conflict Management and Coordinating Systems in Japanese Fisheries Legislation, Concept and Effective Methodology on data Collection, Data Collection through Community Based Fisheries Management, as well as the Case Study on co-management and community based management from Japan, Thailand, and Malaysia.

In addition, Mr. Tuong Phi Lai, resource person from Vietnam, kindly presented on the technique for data collection and to analyze the problem by using problem tree and fishbone diagram. After finished the presentation part, the participant would be divided into 3 groups to discuss on the process to establish rights-based fisheries management in coastal area of Vietnam. Then each group presented on the result from group discussion.

Mobile On-site Training (MOT) on Practical Approach to Co-management in Marine and Inland Fisheries of Cambodia

Date: 28 July -1 August 2014

Venue: Siem Reap, Cambodia

Objectives:

1. To introduce the knowledge and experience on practical approach to rights-based fisheries management to fisheries officer from 8 inland fisheries provinces of Cambodia,

2. To strengthen practical in competence in planning and implementing the applicable inland fishery management plans.

3. To train community fishers by local Cambodian trainers with technical assistance from SEAFDEC on organization of the community based management with knowledge of rights-based fisheries management

4. Gathering of the fishery data and information and understanding the indicators of fishery status, (fish catch, fish price, fishing effort), and socio-economic information)

5. To introduce the communities fisheries legal framework such Royal Decree, sub decree and guideline to implementation for communities fisheries

6. To take a consultation with community fishers and local fishery officers on the improvement of sub decree on community fishery management

Results

Firstly, staff of FiA presented on the importance role of resource management, rights-based and community based co-management, MCS, Improving management of financial and economic activities including the fishery law of Cambodia. After that, the participant were divided into 8 groups, based on Province, to have a discussion on how to sustain Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM). Each group have to discuss on 3 main session, namely; Session 1: How to sustain Community based Fisheries management and make a CFi plan of action in each province, Session 2: Support system by local government, Session 3: Operation of Resource Management (especially Monitoring daily catch).

In addition, SEAFDEC selected Chong Khneas Community Fisheries (CKCF) in Siem Reap Province for the next step of MOT. Then, SEAFDEC’s team and FiA’s staffs visited CKCF which aim to study on how to manage fisheries resources by community. CKCF is a floating village in Tonle Sap, compose of 7 villages and 1,238 households, 70% is fisheries, and 30% is small business and labor, and only 6  villages involved in fisheries management. The main fishing gear is fish gill net. CKCF has formed community fisheries group in 2000, which FAO supported the training course on Fisheries resources management, and encourage community to formulate local regulation for protect fisheries resources. Committee of CKCF has 11 members (included 3 women). CKCF have police and collaborate with agencies to protect the conservation area. The members of CKCF are actively participate in fisheries management. The activities of CKCF are 1) Monthly meeting for discussion on problem and progress the result of their activity, 2) Monitoring two conservation area. CKCF have two activities for future plan in 2015. The first plan is excavate the canal for patrol boat to monitor and protect conservation area. The second plan is reforestation along the conservation area.

Mobile On-site Training (MOT) on Facilitating Fisheries Information Gathering Through Introduction of Community Based Fisheries Management

Date: 1-10 July 2014

Venue: Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand

Development Objectives:

1. Provincial/Local Fisheries Officers will have opportunities on the job training in establishing fisheries management approach in inland fisheries, including community fisheries is practiced widely which is an implication of how to operating fisheries management plan by themselves.

2. Through implementation of this project, useful knowledge and lessons on the promotion of Inland Fisheries community-based resources management will be obtained, which will be applicable to other ASEAN member countries.

Immediate Objectives:

1. Fisheries officers understand the situation of Nam Oon Dam, on problem and needed from fisheries community; and

2. Fisheries community understand their resources situation, and how to make management measures to be sustainable; and

3. Fisheries community and fisheries officers aware the important of co-management, community based resources management and right-based management; and

4. Fisheries community of Nam Oon Dam has committee as a network for autonomous fisheries management.

Results

6 SEAFDEC’s staffs and 6 DOF’s staffs from head quarter and Management unit of Nam Oon Dam were meeting at Nam Oon Dam, the Department of Irrigation. Mr. Boonsong Phanchaiphum, Head of Management unit of Nam Oon Dam, presented on the objectives of project, the result of local workshop, work plan of three year (2013-2015), and explain more on the objective of this trip. The project is namely “Strengthen the participation on integrated fisheries management at Nam Oon Dam”. The objectives were 1) to manage fisheries resources in the Nam Oon Dam by co-management approach, and 2) to be pilot site on co-management approach of local communities and agency concern in the Nam Oon Dam. For base line survey, there are 22 main communities in 8 Sub-Districts, which near Nam Oon Dam. The total of fishers who registered with Management unit (DOF) are 384 fishers. The survey was designed to interview 30-40% of fishers (full-time and part-time fishermen) around Nam Oon Dam. In addition, we plan to have a meeting with 8 communities for fisheries management in the evening. There were three main issues for the meeting, 1) agreement on problem and solution with each community, 2) representative selection of each community, and 3) others problem from each community.

Base line Survey around Nam Oon Dam

Base line survey was conducted by interviewing the fishers in 22 communities around Nam Oon Dam, which located within 5 District covering 8 Sub-district namely: Rae, Nanai, Nongbua, Nongpling, Nikomnam-oon, Kudhai, Warichaphum and Plahlo. The questionnaire compose of four parts: 1) General information, 2) Fisheries sector, 3) Problems and solution on fisheries, and 4) Opinion on fisheries co-management. Most fishers engage in fishery and agriculture. They operate paddy field, rubber tree and cassava. The main purposes of fishery are source of income and consuming. Furthermore, the main fishing gear is gill net and fish trap. The total number of fishers interviewed is 139 fishers. In addition, there are 5 middlemen from Dong Kham pho, Huay Bun and Ban Klang community were interviewed to clarify on fish distribution in Nam Oon Dam area. The result of base line survey will be shown general information of fishermen, situation of fisheries resources, the fish market system, and the problems.

Meeting in the Communities in Nam Oon Dam area

The meeting was organized in each 8 communities and aimed to build awareness on the importance of co-management, make understand on the conservation area in Nam Oon Dam and select the fisheries community representatives to be the Inland Fisheries Management Committee in Nam Oon Dam for establishment a network on Fisheries Management.

Firstly, the meeting started with presentation of fisheries officers on the problems which was found in Nam Oon Dam as well as the ways to solve the problems that consist of 1) To collect fishing fee from fishers outside community whenever they would do fishing in the community, 2) To establish conservation area for fish habitat, 3) patrolling the illegal fishing especially Bug Lift net fishing. After that, the representatives from 8 communities namely: Thai Charoen, Dong Kham pho, Kud ta-kap, Na Chouk, Nong Pauu, Khok Sung, Ban Klang and Nong Pling were selected, totally there are 18 representatives.

In addition, DOF will organize the meeting to select the representatives from another 14 communities. After completed of selecting representative from 22 communities around Nam Oon Dam, DOF and SEAFDEC will invite all of representatives to have a meeting and discussion on work plan and regulations for fisheries management in Nam Oon Dam. This activity plan to held in November 2014 at Nam Oon Dam.

Report of the Local workshop of inland data collection

Date: 19-22 March 2012
Venue: Vientiane Province, Lao PDR

Objectives:

1. To organize the Local Workshop to improve compilation of information and statistics on inland fisheries in Lao PDR;

2. To pre-test the questionnaire with target group at Inland fisheries in Lao PDR.

Results

Meeting with Director General (DG) of Department of livestock and fisheries

SEAFDEC team inform the meeting the purpose on this visiting that was improving landing data collection by plus consumption in household to get more real product of fisheries resources in inland fisheries. Other purpose was to promote census establishment in SEAFDEC’s member country by asking Lao PDR to propose what is their requirements to improving socioeconomic data collection, for example, on-site training for staffs. Activities will conduct base on member country request by SEAFDEC supporting.

Meeting at Nam Ngum reservoir Fisheries Management Center

For inland fisheries fishing ground, there are 2 big reservoirs in Lao PDR, which was Nam Ngum and Nam Thern, including 17 small reservoirs. The trial site for inland fisheries data collection was Nam Ngum reservoir, Vientiane Province. Officer informed that they started to collect the data on number of fishermen in Nam Ngum from 1999 to 2012. The data show that there are 24 fishermen villages in Nam Ngum reservoir. And in year 2010, there are 201 fishermen who have licensed. Moreover, there are three places for selling inland product. Usually data collection on inland aquatic resources was collected from seller.

Pretest questionnaires
Pre-test of data collection by using questionnaire was done in Ban Sang Sawang village in Kaew Udom District, Vientiane Province. Ban Sang Sawang village compose of 20 unit, in which 4 unit are fishermen villages. DLF’s staffs and SEAFDEC’s team had conducted 5 pre-test questionnaires in the village.

Workshop with fisheries officer at Department of Livestock (DLF)

The workshop was held after pre-test on inland data collection. The purpose of the workshop was show the result of catch product within one year and to improve the questionnaire on inland data collection in Lao PDR. On the total catch product in one year, SEAFDEC offered the equator for calculate from the average caught of each fisherman. The total catch product per one year can come from average catch from survey plus with total fishermen in unit.

In this occasion, trust fund assistant manager asked DLF’s staffs to propose their need for improving their skill on data collection on socio-economic or co-management practice. DLF’s staffs informed that they would like to put the socio-economic and aquaculture product in their data collection plan because Lao PDR are dominant in aquaculture product also.

Official Trip Report of the Local Workshop on Compilation of Fisheries Information and Statistics on Inland fisheries

Date:12-15 February 2012
Venue: Pursat Province, Cambodia

Objectives:
1. To finalize the questionnaire for data collection in inland fisheries in Cambodia;
2. To improve methodology on survey and data analysis on Inland fisheries in Cambodia;
3. To improve compilation of information and statistics on Small-scale inland fisheries in Cambodia.

Participants:
FiA Cambodia
1. Mr. Hong Hy Director of Fisheries Inspectorate
2. Mr. Ouk Vibol Acting Director of Fisheries Conservation Department

3. Mr. Lieng Sopha Acting Director of Community Fishery Development Department

4. Mr. Hort Sitha Vice Chief of Administration office of IFReDI
5. Mr. Soun Chhun Heang FiA Officer of Planning Development
6. Mr. Phum Vimol FiA Officer of Pursat Province

SEAFDEC

1. Mr. Hidenao Watanabe Assistance Trust Fund Manager
2. Ms. Sumitra Ruangsivakul Socio-economic Section Head
3. Ms. Jariya Sornkliang Socio-Economic Scientist
4. Ms. Thanyalak Suasi Socio-Economic Scientist
5. Ms. Rattana Tiaye Fishery Governance and Management System Scientist

Result of the Workshop

The Local Workshop on Compilation of Fisheries Information and Statistics on Inland fisheries, Cambodia was organized at Pursat Province, Cambodia on 13-14 February 2012, to finalize the questionnaire for data collection and improve compilation of information and statistics on inland small-scale fisheries in Cambodia. The workshop is the activity under the project on Improvement of Information Gathering System for IUU-Fishing Related Countermeasures in the Southeast Asia. The workshop was attended by 6 representatives of FiA Cambodia, and 5 representatives of SEAFDEC.

The workshop was divided into 2 parts, the first part was conduct pre-test questionnaire by interviewing fishermen with 2 Community Fisheries, which selected by FiA’s officer. The total number of sampling was 30 fishermen, 15 fishermen each from Anlong Rang and Ota Prok Community fisheries which is the floating village of Krakor district, Pursat Province. The second part was organizing group discussion at Fisheries Cantonment Office, Pursat Province to conclude questionnaire, number of sample and way forward on improving data collection in the future.

Pre-test of questionnaire at Anlong Rang and Ota Prok Community fisheries, Krakor district, Pursat Province, Cambodia

For pre-test of questionnaire, 30 sampling of fishermen were interviewed using local language with a questionnaire, which was prepared in English. The responses were translated into English by FiA’s staff and record on the questionnaire by SEAFDEC’s staff. The main of data collection was emphasized on catch production that was used to calculate the total catch of Community fishery by using the formula as follow:

T = Total catch in each community fishery per year (Ton)

Xi = Catch volume of each Sample per year (kg.)

N = Total number of fishermen

n = Number of Sampling

i = Sampling no. 1, 2, 3,…, n

Total catch of Anlong Rang Community Fisheries is 690.64 Ton/year
Total catch of Ota Prok Community Fisheries is 488.11 Ton/year

Ms. Sumitra presented the result of pre-test questionnaire including the calculation of total catch in Community Fisheries that Mr. Hong Hy suggested to edit the formula on total number of fishermen to total number of fisheries household. The meeting proposed to add more question into the questionnaire sheet, e.g., number of fishing gear, mesh size of gill net and fish processing per month.

Mr. Soun Chhun Heang explained more on data collection in Cambodia that the fisheries Cantonment officers was collecting monthly data on catch production in each fishing gear and catch species by random fishermen sampling in Community fisheries for daily catch production, number of fishing day per month and calculate the total catch of cantonment and sending to headquarters in Phnom Penh.

Mr. Watanabe proposed the effective on data gathering that FiA should conduct from bottom up system and FiA should encourage the extension officer to work with Community Fisheries. The other way on data collection in Community may be collected from middleman in each Community Fisheries. He also mentioned on SEAFDEC’s proposal in 2013 to promoting Fisheries census for SEAFDEC’s member countries.

Mr. Lieng Sopha proposed to organize the onsite training on data collection for extension officer. He would further develop project proposal on extension training course and submit to SEAFDEC.

Group discussion at Fisheries Cantonment office, Pursat Province