FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND MCS IN SOUTH ASIA:
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND MCS IN SOUTH ASIA: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Field Report C–6

Prepared by

Peter Flewwelling

FISHCODE/MCS - GCP/INT/648/NOR

FAO/NORWAY GOVERNMENT
COOPERATIVE PROGRAMME

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, January 2001

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Flewwelling, P.
Fisheries Management and MCS in South Asia.
FAO/FISHCODE Project, GCP/INT/648/NOR: Field Report C-6 (En)
Rome, FAO, 2001:56p.

ABSTRACT

This document is the result of country review and assessment missions to eleven Asian countries under the Norwegian funded FISHCODE Project GCP/INT/648/NOR) undertaken during January 1999 and October 2000. It focuses on the MCS component of fisheries in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myamar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. The intent of the missions was threefold:
1) assess fisheries management and MCS capability;
2) assist where possible in advice for immediate MCS steps to enhance current systems, and finally,
3) assess potential regional or sub-regional mechanisms for cooperation in fisheries management, including the MCS component.
The report first provides a comparative analysis of the findings of the missions, presents a synopsis of potential regional cooperation and then provides more detailed information and suggestions to enhance MCS on a regional basis.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ABSTRACT

ACRONYMS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART ONE REGIONAL COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION TO FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING, CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE

1. Introduction to project

CHAPTER TWO: FISHERIES IN ELEVEN COUNTRIES OF SOUTH EAST ASIA

1. General background of fisheries in the region
2. General fisheries management principles noted in the region
3. Fisheries management concerns

CHAPTER THREE: COUNTRY COMPARISONS

1. Fisheries management – General comparisons
2. Legislation
3. Licensing and vessel marking
4. Inter-Agency mechanisms
5. Data systems
6. Equipment and operations
7. Vessel monitoring systems
8. Summary of the monitoring, control and surveillance capability
9. Immediate regional requirements for MCS
10. Options for consideration for regional co-operation
11. Costs for MCS equipment

PART TWO CONCLUSIONS AND OPTIONS

1. General fisheries management needs

1.1 Regional

2. Options for regional cooperation

2.1 Fisheries management proposal

2.1.1 Regional fisheries management plan
2.1.2 Fisheries management training
2.1.3 MCS training
2.1.4 Sub-regional fisheries management and MCS projects
2.1.5 Continue individual country support for fisheries management and MCS

ANNEXES

ANNEX A References
ANNEX B 1981 Definitions of MCS, and the 1993 further amplification of principles
ANNEX C MCS equipment costs