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Tools for the Guidebook for evaluating fisheries co-management effectiveness

Task 1.11: Assess what methods and resources are needed for carrying out the evaluation

In the process of selecting a set of appropriate indicators, there is a need to estimate the resources required to measure the indicators.

Determine the methods and types of analysis needed to measure the selected indicators. For example:

What methods will be used to collect data such as observations, surveys and semi-structured interviews? Pilot test the methods.

  • What sampling approach will be used? For example, how many people will be interviewed, how many questionnaires deployed, and what share of the catch will be looked at?
  • how are the information and data collected going to be recorded? Is there a need for a proper database, or are Excel sheets or paper records going to be used?
  • What methods will be used to analyse the data? Are there preparations needed in this respect?
  • Will outside technical assistance be required?
  • Which indicators, if any, have similar data collection methods and can be measured at the same time?
  • What is the motivation for people to participate in the data collection?
Suggestions
Methods
  • Given the wide variety of fisheries co-management situations, the minimum recommended set of methods needs to be agreed by the evaluation team and stakeholders.
  • Methods range from simple to advanced, each with advantages and disadvantages.
Sampling
  • The sophistication of the sampling should correspond to the design of the evaluation and the resources available.
  • Many statistical guides will provide excellent information, but if the evaluation is to be participatory, sampling must be understood by all stakeholders involved in it.
Data recording
  • The advantages and disadvantages of various data recording methods need to be determined. This includes the extent to which stakeholders will participate, if they are to be engaged.
  • Data recording needs to be linked to information generation and learning within the co-management system. Is there capacity to sustain a time series for future evaluations by timely updating?
Work plan and budget
  • Co-management evaluations will benefit from revisiting the initial estimates in the budget and the draft work plan.
Resources
Methods

 Bunce, L., Townsley, P., Pomeroy, R. & Pollnac, R. 2000. Socioeconomic manual for coral reef management. Townsville, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Sampling

 Bunce, L., Townsley, P., Pomeroy, R. & Pollnac, R. 2000. Socioeconomic manual for coral reef management. Townsville, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Data Recording

 Bunce, L., Townsley, P., Pomeroy, R. & Pollnac, R. 2000. Socioeconomic manual for coral reef management. Townsville, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Work Plan and Budget

Methods
  1. Cohen, P.J. & Steenbergen, D.J. 2015. Social dimensions of local fisheries co-management in the Coral Triangle. Environmental Conservation, 42: 278–288.
  2. Creswell, J.W. 2014. A concise introduction to mixed methods research. Sage Publications.
  3. English, S., Wilkinson, C. & Baker, V. 1997. Survey manual for tropical marine resources. Second Edition. Townsville, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science.
  4. Haapasaari, P., Kulmala, S. & Kuikka, S. 2012. Growing into interdisciplinarity: how to converge biology,economics, and social science in fisheries research? Ecology and Society, 17(1):6.
  5. Kaplan, D. 2004. The Sage handbook of quantitative methodology for the social sciences. Sage Publications.
  6. Sonko, R., Berhanu, A. & Shamu, R. 2011. Key considerations for managing evaluations. South Africa, USAID and Pact.
Sampling
  1. English, S., Wilkinson, C. & Baker, V. 1997. Survey manual for tropical marine resources. Second Edition. Townsville, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science
  2. FAO. 1989. Sampling methods for agricultural surveys. FAO Statistical Development Series No. 3. Rome.
  3. Taherdoost, H. 2016. Sampling methods in research methodology; How to choose a sampling technique for research. International Journal of Academic Research in Management, 5(2): 18–27.
Data recording
  1. Cox, M. 2015. A basic guide for empirical environmental social science. Ecology and Society, 20(1): 63.
  2. Cundill, G. & Fabricius, C. 2009. Monitoring in adaptive co-management: toward a learning based approach. Journal of Environmental Management, 90(11): 3205–3211.
  3. Meyer, D.Z. & Avery, L.M. 2009. Excel as a qualitative data analysis tool. Field methods, 21(1): 91–112.
  4. Needham, S., Alonso-Población, E., Wilson, C., Rodrigues, P., Pereira, M., & Griffiths, D. 2013. Community based data gathering and co-management of marine resources in Timor-Leste. Bangkok, Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme for South and Southeast Asia.
Work plan and budget
  1. CoopeSoliDar R.L. 2013. Indicadores para el seguimiento y evaluación de Áreas Marinas de Pesca Responsible [Indicators for the monitoring and evaluation of marine areas of responsible fishing]. San José, Costa Rica, CoopeSoliDar R.L.
  2. CoopeSoliDar R.L. 2013. Fortaleciendo la gobernaza marina desde las comunidades de pesca artesanal: Áreas marinas de pesca responsable y la vision desde sus protagonistas en el mar. [Strengthening marine governance from artisanal fishing communities: Responsible fishing marine areas and the vision from their protagonists in the sea]. San José, Costa Rica, CoopeSoliDar R.L.
  3. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). 2004. Managing evaluations: A guide for IUCN programme and project managers. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK, IUCN