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
Mr. Michael Akester