The results of the discussion held at the meeting are summarized in Box 2. A full work plan for 2004 and 2005 was adopted for future implementation to ensure the successful implementation of a special 5-year project on the use of indicators. for sustainable fisheries development and management in the ASEAN region. In the development of the Sea Initiative, a geographic focus on Africa, Central America and the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia emerged.
1 In addition to the Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), others include the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the Ramsar Convention, shipping-related conventions such as MARPOL and OPRC, the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild animals, the precautionary principle and the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF). The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) for Human Resource Development on Support for the Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries Management for the ASEAN Region. In the same spirit, SEAFDEC is implementing a Regionalization of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (RCCRF) program as one of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC cooperation programmes.
The SEAFDEC Working Group on Regional Fisheries Policy
The origins of the Working Group on Regional Fisheries Policy (WGRFP) can be traced back to the 30th meeting of the South East Asian Fisheries Development Center Council in March 1998. The establishment of the Working Group was proposed as one of the main initiatives under the first phase. The establishment of a working group was proposed as one of the main undertakings in the first phase [i.e.
Membership has gradually expanded with increasing recognition in the member states of the working group's relevance. Other SEAFDEC member countries such as Brunei and Singapore have not been able to send representatives due to limited available staffing in relevant government agencies, but are nevertheless participating in the working group's activities in the short term. Currently, the working group is under the direct supervision of the Secretariat's Policy and Program Coordinator (PPC).
Each member of the working group acts as a liaison officer for their respective governments and ensures coordination between SEAFDEC, its departments and member states. Members of the working group on regional fisheries policy in 2002 (above) - from left to right: Mr. The establishment of the working group and the secondment of personnel in the member countries is also a means of human resource development.
Workgroup members are able to bond and gain better appreciation of the importance of coordinated work. The Commission also supported the suggestion that members be assigned to specific technical issues and topics in order to further increase the effectiveness of the Working Group.
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The specific study areas will be determined by the respective ion on the bottom structure and the depth of the water.
Whale shark caught in a Scomberomorus gill net (Mong Trey Beka) about 4 km from the beach on the outer side of Koh Kong Island in 1998.
Shark and Ray Fisheries in Cambodia
Proceedings of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Regional Meeting on Fish Trade and Environment, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre, Bangkok, Thailand. At the same time, Taiwan stated that although it is not a member of the United Nations, Taiwan, in the spirit of responsible fishing and as a responsible member of the international community, is willing to follow internationally established fisheries management measures and protect sharks in their waters. At the second meeting of the ASEAN Experts Group on CITES in August 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, it was reported that the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (IPOA-SHARKS) has made little progress, and that the National Plans of Action of Sharks (NPOA-SHARKS) have only been implemented to a limited extent.
The objective of IPOA-SHARKS is to ensure the conservation and management of sharks and their sustainable long-term use. She has collaborated on coastal biodiversity research with the Marine Working Group of the Department of Fisheries, Cambodia. Va Longdy are researchers at the Marine Working Group of the Department of Fisheries, Cambodia.
Finally, we would like to thank the Department of Fisheries' marine working group, the Chief and Deputy Chief of the Marine Inspection Unit and their staff for their support and assistance in interviewing the fishermen. In response to international and regional concerns, the Fisheries Department of the Kingdom of Cambodia should initiate more detailed studies on the species composition, habitats and status of each species in order to formulate a National Action Plan for the conservation and management of sharks. All marine fisheries in Cambodia are under the responsibility of the Department of Fisheries, under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, as regulated in the Fisheries Law.
Fish for the People recently presented an overview of the current status of decentralization and rights-based management of fisheries in ASEAN-SEAFDEC member countries, under the recommendations adopted at the Millennium Conference (Volume 1, Issue 2). Different processes and tools are being tested through a number of national projects, such as the CHARM project under the coordination of the Department of Fisheries.
From Community-based Management to Co-ma Thailand’s Experience
Thailand has been particularly active in developing its decentralization policy, promoting governance at both the provincial and local levels. The Thai maritime area covers over 378,000 km2, including territorial waters extending 12 nautical miles from the coast and the Thai EEZ. The use of coastal habitats and resources in the fishing, aquaculture and tourism sectors contributed significantly to the rapid economic growth that occurred in Thailand in the 1980s and early 1990s.
But activities in these sectors take place in a context of largely unfettered access to habitats and resources, frequent evasion of regulatory oversight and enforcement, and an extensive but unintegrated regulatory framework that impedes effective management. Social conflicts over resource use have intensified, and Thailand's coastal resources are overexploited and coastal habitats are now rapidly degrading. Urgent measures are needed to support and promote environmentally sustainable use of coastal resources and habitat conservation.
This situation was discussed at the European Commission (EC) – Thai Senior Officer Meeting (SOM), held in Bangkok in July 1998. Following the meeting, a concept document was developed for a project focusing on coastal habitat and resource management (hence CHARM) in Thailand. This was subsequently accepted by the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) and submitted to the European Commission in February 1999.
Following a preparatory mission in the summer of 1999 to examine in detail the complex issues and problems to be solved by the project, a financing agreement was successively signed between the EC and Thailand in Brussels on 15 January 2001 and in Bangkok on 18 October 2001. The Department of Fisheries, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC), is the executing agency for the project.
In the CHARM project, a community will generally be represented at the village level, although other community arrangements on a larger scale may be considered, such as those between villages involved in the use and management of the same commons. The first two components are the pillars of the co-management approach; the other three provide the necessary support for the development and sustainability of the first two. The project has an initial phase for data collection and strategy identification, an implementation phase to develop the co-management process, institutional support and capacity building and a consolidation phase that starts at the beginning of the project.
One of the main activities of the first preparatory year was the collection and analysis of existing information on both project areas. CHARM strives to carefully design mechanisms to ensure that stakeholders at national, provincial and local levels participate at every stage of the co-management process. Learning and adaptation - Feedback should be central to the implementation of CHARM project activities.
In addition to the FMO and assigned staff, it was therefore decided to integrate CHARM activities, including demonstration projects, into the regular planning of DOF provincial offices to ensure full participation of DOF field staff while building a sustainable co-management framework. These committees became the focal point for the planning and implementation of the agreed action plan. The progress of the project output indicators is measured against the environmental and socio-economic indicators that describe the initial situation (baseline of the site and the entire bay) in both project areas.
The project progress monitoring module is mainly an aggregated representation of the core operations module and the main indicators of the project management component. In addition to assigned CHARM staff within the DOF, institutional cooperation is critical. The same approach should prevail in other concerned departments with the help of CHARM department coordinators.
Today, the EU is the co-director of the CHARM project, which represents a new challenge for it at the intersection of the co-management approach and the policy of integrated coastal zone management.
