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THE REGIONAL STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
The vision
The shared vision for the future
of fisheries and aquaculture in affected communities was developed and agreed
by the tsunami affected countries, NGOs and CONSRN partners.
This vision represents an “ideal
state” towards which all strategies and activities would contribute. The vision stresses the importance of
“getting rehabilitation and development right”. The goal of CONSRN is rehabilitated sectors that avoid past
mistakes and are a substantial improvement over the pre-tsunami situation.
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The Vision
While recognizing the sovereign rights of each affected country and the cultural context of
coastal communities, the shared vision for fisheries and aquaculture is a sector that:
- contributes to poverty alleviation, sustainable livelihoods and food security at household,
local and national levels;
- is based on sound regulation, good governance and functional management institutions that
ensure equitable development and safety within the different parts of the sector;
- uses appropriate technologies with due recognition of the environmentally sustainable limits
to harvesting natural resources and aquaculture production;
- is part of a holistic view of the coastal ecosystems and is managed according to the principles
of integrated coastal zone management, including the wider aspects of land, tenure and
relocation of communities; and
- has a well integrated supply chain from harvest to consumer that supports labour intensive
post-harvest activities (which are mainly carried out by women), equitable trade and marketing
that ensure safe food for all.
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Guiding principles for activities
A set of key guiding principles
(Appendix A) have been agreed by the CONSRN partners. The aim of these principles is to provide the “ground rules” for
the development and implementation of regional and country level rehabilitation
activities of CONSRN and its partners, although they can also serve as a guide
for the actions of others. The
principles include for example:
- putting people first in rehabilitation
through adoption of a livelihood based approach;
- rehabilitation that is consistent with
international and regional agreements and guidelines;
- a fishery and aquaculture sector that is
well managed and based on adoption of internationally recognized best
practices, sustainability, protection of the environment through participatory
coastal management approaches, the use of appropriate technologies and the
rehabilitation of markets and whole production/marketing chains;
- a fishing capacity that is commensurate
with the productivity of the fishery resource, controlled through the
allocation of user/access rights to fish;
- an aquaculture capacity that is based on
environmentally sound management and allocation of access to natural resources;
and
- a rehabilitation process that is based on
internationally recognized norms of good development practice ensuring
accountability, transparency and that detailed impact assessments form the
basis of activity.
