FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER 342
Guide to fisheries sector studies
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FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER 342
Guide to fisheries sector studies |
by
Andrew Palfreman
Senior Lecturer
University of Hull
International Fisheries Institute
Hull, United Kingdom
David Insull
Senior Fishery Planning Officer
FAO Fishery Policy and Planning Division
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 1994
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At the Second Fisheries Development Donor Consultation, Paris, November 1992, FAO was requested to prepare a document providing guidance on the execution of fisheries sector studies. A draft of the document was distributed to donor agencies in early 1994 and their comments invited. This draft was reviewed at the Third Fisheries Development Donor Consultation. Paris, April 1994. Subsequently, additional written comments and suggestions were received by FAO. These comments and suggestions were taken into account in the preparation of the document.
The document is intended to provide guidance to governments sponsoring fisheries sector studies, to other organizations which may be concerned in their commissioning and financing, and to consultancy and other organizations charged with responsibility for undertaking them.
Distribution:
FAO Fisheries Department
FAO Regional Fisheries Officers
Directors of Fisheries
Marine Sciences (general)
| Palfreman, A.; Insull, D. Guide to fisheries sector studies. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 342. Rome, FAO. 1994. 101p. |
| ABSTRACT |
| In this document, the fisheries sector is viewed primarily, but not exclusively, from an economic perspective. It suggests that a sector study should assess the material benefits society gains from the fisheries sector and compare these with the human and financial resources employed in the sector. It then suggests a sector study should recommend ways in which the balance of advantage to society can be improved. |
| The Guide emphasises that a sector study should be a relatively short and readable document. It suggests that the key to a satisfactory study lies in the criteria governing the selection of material. It provides advice on this issue. |
| The role of a sector study in the sector planning process is described. |
| Whilst the Guide views the fisheries sector primarily as an economic sector, it is recognized that governments may view the sector as supplying other public benefits apart from a contribution to economic wellbeing. |
| The Guide emphasis that a sector study should consider unpriced environmental effects originating outside the sector and impacting upon it, and those generated within the sector which have effects within the sector or elsewhere. |
| The Guide provides advice to the sponsors of sector studies, notably with regard to the selection of consultants and the preparation of terms of reference. The document also contains advice on the management of sector studies and on the content and presentation of the final report. |
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2. PURPOSE AND BOUNDARIES OF SECTOR STUDIES
2.2 Boundaries of a Sector Study
2.3 Summary-Purpose and Boundaries of the Sector Studies
3. SECTOR STUDIES WITHIN THE SECTOR PLANNING PROCESS
3.1 Goals, Objectives and Targets
3.2 Relationships Between Sector Studies, Strategies and Sector Plans
3.3 Fishery Management Strategies and Plans
3.4 Coastal Management Strategies and Plans Economic Plans
3.5 The Sector Planning Process and National Economic Plans
3.6 Sector Studies in the Planning Process-a Summary
4. MAIN COMPONENTS OF A SECTOR STUDY
5. CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS
5.1 Requirements of the Sponsor
5.2 Contribution of the Fisheries Sector to Economic Welfare
5.3 Contribution of the Fisheries Sector to Gross National Product
5.4 Value Added and Economic Benefits
5.5 Considerations Other Than Economic Welfare in the Selection of Information
5.6 Summary-Criteria for the Selection of Information and Analysis
6. SOME ISSUES IN FISHERIES SECTOR STUDIES
6.1 Fish Resources as Strategic Assets
6.6 Conflicts Between Interest Groups
6.10 Monitoring and Enforcement of Management Regulations
6.13 The Human Resource-Distinctive Capabilities
6.23 Summary-Some Issues in Sector Studies
7. MANAGEMENT OF SECTOR STUDIES
7.2 Preparation of the Terms of Reference
7.3 Selection of the Consultants
7.6 Summary-Management of Sector Studies
9. CONSULTATION AND DATA COLLECTION
10.1 The Report as a Work of Art
APPENDIX Example of Terms of Reference