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Critères de progrès pour assurer la durabilité de la Pêche Artisanale

• Gestion efficace des ressources (marine, côtière et continentale)
• Transparence et respect de la réglementation liée à la gestion des ressources (marine, côtière et continentale
• Equité par rapport au genre et à la communauté côtière à l’accès et à la gestion des ressources marines, côtières et continentales
• Cohérence entre les politiques de gestion des ressources (marine, côtière et continentale) et celles de lutte contre la pauvreté, la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle
• Participation et engagement des parties prenantes dans la gestion des ressources (marine, côtière et continentale)

Indicateurs significatifs et réalisables : comment mesurer les progrès en question

• Existence du Code de la Pêche et de la lettre de politique sectorielle
• Existence d’un dispositif législatif et réglementaire conforme aux lois
• Bonne évaluation biologique et socio-économique des ressources (marine, côtière et continentale) et des données statistiques
• Mettre un dispositif d’enquête pour évaluer le niveau de satisfaction des parties prenantes
• Accès à l’information à travers une bonne stratégie de communication

Planification participative : Eléments clés et expériences

• Tous les projets et programmes doivent être participatifs avec l’implication des parties prenantes de la création à la mise.
• Gestion participative avec un système de contrôle et de suivi-évaluation
• Favoriser en cadre d’échanges entre les ministères tels que l’éducation, la santé, l’environnement et la justice
• Bonne mise en œuvre des Directives Volontaires et respect des Droits Humains

Defining progress towards securing the sustainable small-scale Fisheries

• Effective management of marine, coastal and inland resources
• Transparency and compliance with regulations related to the management of marine, coastal and continental resources
• Gender and coastal community equity in access to and management of marine, coastal and inland resources
• Coherence between resource management policies (marine, coastal and continental) and those for poverty eradication, food and nutritional security
• Participation and involvement of stakeholders in resource management (marine, coastal and inland)

Meaningful and feasible Indicators: How can we measure progress?

• Existence of the Fisheries Code and the sectoral policy letter
• Existence of a legislative and regulatory framework in conformity with the laws
• Good biological and socio-economic assessment of resources (marine, coastal and inland) and statistical data
• Put in place a survey mechanism to assess the level of satisfaction of stakeholders 
• Access to information through a good communication strategy

Participatory Planning: Key Elements and Experiences

• All projects and programmes must be participatory with stakeholder involvement from creation to implementation.
• Participatory management with a system of monitoring and follow-up-evaluation 
• To promote exchanges between ministries such as education, health, environment and justice
• Good implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines and respect for Human Rights

Dear FSN Members,

We have read very carefully the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in particular the 13 guiding principles.

My opinion the principles clearly define the scope of the necessary monitoring.

However for a participatory approach, if there is no basic organization of small fishermen, it would be more practical to promote them and make them responsible in monitoring and reporting data.

The aim is to produce follow-up booklets for each basic organization of small-scale artisanal fishermen.

The booklet will be configured according to the monitoring and evaluation plan defined on the basis of the guide. So you can designate focal points at national or regional level who will periodically monitor applications and aggregate data for a local or national or even regional database.

All tools can be harmonized for better compilation of data at all levels even at the level of the main office.

The focal points can be equipped with a smartphone configured according to a digital data collection application for much more efficiency and data enhancement.

Please find attached work we have delivered in Myanmar to promote the SSF guidelines.

We are monitoring progress by looking at the Fisher Associations we are creating in relation to Leasable fisheries and Marine National Parks.

Fisher associations are incorporating internal rules in line with the guidelines to ensure IUU fishing does not occur. This participatory monitoring is complex as it is sometimes dangerous for fisherfolk to accuse the perpetrators of IUU fishing (owners of trawlers and ‘light-boats’ that encroach the inland fishing and no-take areas; those using explosives, electricity and poison to fish in a range of inland and inshore waters.

Best wishes,

Mike

Michael J. Akester, Country Director, WorldFish, Myanmar

Dear All,

I do share the viewpoint of Mr Eyongetta related to the lack of data in Cameroon.

The reason behind this is the fact that experts are not associated to small scale project.

Fish industry need know-how and monitoring from experts as I have concluded in my attached paper.

Best Regards.

Dr Norbert Tchouaffé

Lecturer at the University of Dschang

Salute Everyone,

I am glad to share this with you and I hope that it will be on your esteemed consideration.

The first element to consider is the awareness reach. Most of the fisheries that will work on the sustainable project. Some communities are out of the Media and Civil society attention,

The remote Islands like:

• The Maldives
• Mauritius
• Fiji
• Tuvalu

Out of what I witnessed in the Maldives:

fishing is not only a source of money for living but also its the primary source of the Maldivian families’ food security and they use rudimentary tools of fishing and have almost no fridges to small,

Furthermore, for agriculture, the soil is excellent, but the source of seeds are almost not available.

The awareness about how they can develop their community and natural resources,

Especially that all those communities are facing environmental disaster because of the floods in the small islands because of the global warming affecting the shores, and I am not sure how much this floods will affect the fishing industry, For Example, N. Atoll Holhudhoo Island

https://www.facebook.com/Nholhudhoo-432211544020890/

I highly recommend having a team of researchers to do more investigation about how we can develop those far away communities because their unique environments and the different tropical challenges they face will need customized recommendations.

Also, I am ready to provide the responsible and society leaders contacts in the Maldives; they can cooperate with such a project.

For other countries like Fiji and Tuvalu, I can work for some communication to know who is in charge.

2. Meaningful and feasible indicators: how can we measure progress?

For the GFCM region (RFMO for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea), we have adopted a Regional Plan of Action for SSF in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (RPOA-SSF) in September 2018 which supports the implementation of the SSF Guidelines at the regional level, identifying actions to be taken over the next ten-years.

Subsequent the adoption of the RPOA-SSF, in 2019, we conducted a consultation process with stakeholders, fisheries administrations and relevant experts in the region in view of developing a monitoring framework for the implementation of the RPOA-SSF over its 10-year implementation period. This monitoring framework seeks to identify select priority actions for short-term implementation, as well as indicators - coupled with short- mid- and long-term objectives - to measure implementation. Breaking down big goals into achievable steps has been useful in developing indicators to measure progress. A simple questionnaire has been circulated among GFCM countries to identify baseline information in line with the indicators developed, with a view of limiting the reporting burden for countries.

Key issues:

• Set priorities and objectives within a timeframe (what we want to achieve and when). Break objectives into achievable steps and measure implementation in line with those steps
• Allow for flexibility (qualitative, quantitative indicators as appropriate), but set in place a mechanism for regularly assessing the state of implementation and reassessing as necessary (in the GFCM's case we have an SSF working group, plus an RPOA-SSF mid-term conference)
• Keep indicators simple to avoid creating additional reporting burden to countries

3. Participatory monitoring: key elements and experiences

The GFCM’s RPOA-SSF is long and complex, with over 50 paragraphs of specific actions to be implemented. In trying to identify priorities for implementation we attempted to consult as many interested parties as possible: SSF organizations, researchers, managers/administrators and partner organizations.

For such a multi-faceted topic such as SSF, a one-size fits all approach likely won't work and we recognized that priorities would vary at different levels (global, regional, national, local). As our organization is regional, we tried to steer focus towards identifying a limited number of common regional objectives. However, we know that there is a lot of work going on in the region to address different priorities at different levels and therefore we recognized that part of our role is to help build synergies among this ongoing work in order to drive additional efforts to where there are needs. Therefore, in addition to the monitoring framework, which is based on a limited number of big priority actions with agreed indicators, we have also developed a mapping tool to facilitate monitoring work underway at local and national levels in our region.

Key issues/lessons learned:

• Try to be as inclusive as possible, engaging stakeholders, fisheries administrations, experts and partner organizations
• Ensure many different groups as possible can contribute to the monitoring process

The key elements involve firstly to:

• clearly outline the definition of SSF;
• identify the stake holders involve directly and indirectly in SSF activity;
• evaluate and establish a credible Value Chain for SSF activity.

Then organising a workshop and training with stakeholders involve using participatory approach.

In the context of Cameroon and Africa in general, participatory monitoring is a novelty and a sound approach to gain credible data for monitoring SSF. Unlike before where government officials and other policy makers intervene without the consent of the stakeholders involved, today there is growing level of confidence and consciousness using participatory approach. This has begun to provide data for some missing links in SSF monitoring.

They key actors should be , fishery experts and policy makers, international organisation, community's leaders, local fishermen and others who are directly or indirectly involve with fishery activity.

Here is a selection of titles proposed by FAO Publications for forum participants who would like to read more on small-scale fisheries.

Voluntary Guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication

These guidelines are intended to support the visibility, recognition and enhancement of the already important role of small-scale fisheries and to contribute to global and national efforts towards the eradication of hunger and poverty.



Strengthening, empowering and sustaining small-scale aquaculture farmers’ associations

This paper presents case studies from five Asian countries, with the aim of demonstrating that that the livelihoods of small-scale farmers and hatchery operators can be improved by being associated. This is especially so when the association is strong in its democratically operated procedures and financial transparency.



Securing sustainable small-scale fisheries: Sharing good practices from around the world

This document includes eight studies showcasing good practices in support of sustainable small-scale fisheries, including restoring lake fisheries and rural livelihoods through rights-based inclusive governance in Nepal, and social responsibility in Senegal.

Towards the implementation of the SSF guidelines in West and Central Africa

This paper reports on the outputs of the consultation, including increased understanding of the status of small-scale fisheries in the region, and the sharing of experiences on initiatives relevant to small-scale fisheries governance and development.

Towards gender-equitable small-scale fisheries governance and development: A handbook

This manual provides practical guidance on how to achieve gender-equitable small-scale fisheries in the context of the implementation of the SSF Guidelines.

Guidelines for micro-finance and credit services in support of small-scale fisheries in Asia

These guidelines aim to increase awareness about the needs of small-scale fishers for more sustainable and inclusive access to finance, and to guide policy- and decision makers to encourage investment in the industry.

Global Conference on tenure and user rights in fisheries 2018: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, Yeosu, Republic Of Korea, 10–14 September 2018

Among the issues discussed during the conference were a rights-based approach to fisheries governance, the foundation of small-scale fishing, the legal details of tenure and user rights, and the links between the SDGs and tenure and user rights.

Further reading

Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018

Report of the Expert Workshop on guidelines for micro-finance, credit and insurance for small-scale fisheries in Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 7−9 May 2019

Report of the thirty-third session of the Committee on Fisheries, Rome, 9−13 July 2018

Guidelines for increasing access of small-scale fisheries to insurance services In Asia: A handbook for insurance and fisheries stakeholders

The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries 2018

The International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022

Enhancing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to food security and sustainable livelihoods

Sustainable small scale Fisheries are usually first to reuse of existing tanks, in the villages/rural areas.

Besides this, encourage to collaborate with Agriculture and enhance of watersheds/rainwater harvested projects encouraged with fish farming.

Use of backwaters of rivers and Oceans

Usually rivers and oceans goes with big farming and cooperative systems of farming. Hence the above two methods are important to make a livelihood. Most important thing is that everywhere there are certain populations, who have small-scale fisheries as their profession/caste and who are mostly depended on it. Encourage such group and obtain the importance besides addressed you points.

By using those community who prominent generation wise more easy adoptable and making development easy, besides others to encourage in this line and train properly.

Regarding measurement, involve more local government, geographically to encourage by obtaining local stats by calling each village of the state.

This will facilitate more accurate and direct approach for any officer including FAO`s who can then can face with them for interaction any time

2. Indicators

Indicator is production and processing. This will give more accurate by this lively hoods of their progress and crises. So direct approach by initiating an officer for this along with regional /local governments.

Processing--if processed price will be higher for lively hoods, however pollution control and odor smell to be prevented particularly in the developing countries. Carefully addressed by comparing with pollution and other any pest, mosquitoes, etc. impact.

In India Fisheries developed well particularly shrimp etc. But to lack of pollutions and adopting fresh water techniques there are many set backs to the farmers.

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Participatory Monitor:

Is an important factor. This to be linked with available local fisheries department at national level, again clubbing to the state level /regional/local level.

To monitor there must be a special officer developed along with collection of data from the arable areas, and status from time to time.

If possible one officer /consultant to be initiated from FAO , who will coordinate and monitor from time to time

by

Prof. Dr. KB NaRayana

Jaipur National University and IAMMA.

2. Meaningful and feasible indicators: How can we measure progress?

For the country members of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) we are aiming to integrate indicators for the SSF Guidelines into other current or planned monitoring and evaluation schemes. This is to allow regional and sub-regional reporting as well as national. We want to have core indicators that are common to all three levels as well as some specific to each level of governance. This design is similar to the Governance Effectiveness Assessment Framework (GEAF) of the CLME+ Project. We also want to monitor how donor-funded projects are contributing to the implementation of the SSF Guidelines in the same way that many projects now report on their contribution to the SDGs. It is important to avoid asking much more of fisheries authorities and fisherfolk organisations with limited capacities for additional tasks