Project

Implementation of Global and Regional Oceanic Fisheries Conventions and Related Instruments in the Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Lead country

Fiji

Participating countries

Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From June 5, 2015 to June 5, 2021

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 14.4 Regulate harvesting, overfishing, illegal fishing
  2. 14.7 Increase economic benefits of marine resources to SIDS
  3. 14.6 Prohibit and avoid harmful, perverse fisheries subsidies

Project ID: 4607

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Technical team

  • Oceans and Water Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Small Island Dev States Program (SIDS)

Landscape(s)

  • Marine
  • Conserved areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Large marine ecosystem
  • Marine and coastal protected areas

Transformed sector(s)

  • Fisheries

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
  • Innovative approaches

Strategy

  • Governance
  • Management operation

Sub-strategy

  • Institutional framework
  • Transboundary governance
  • Community engagement
  • Ecosystem-based management
  • Knowledge/Data management

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs
  • Women

Gender equality

  • Awareness raising (on gender)

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 14.4 Regulate harvesting, overfishing, illegal fishing
  • 14.7 Increase economic benefits of marine resources to SIDS
  • 14.6 Prohibit and avoid harmful, perverse fisheries subsidies

Conventions and protocols

  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • SIDS
  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy
  • Poverty reduction

Project objectives

To support Pacific SIDS in meeting their obligations to implement & effectively enforce global, regional & sub-regional arrangements for the conservation & management of transboundary oceanic fisheries thereby increasing sustainable benefits derived from these fisheries.

USD $5,200,000

Grant amount

USD $85,551,875

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Source(s) of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($5,200,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Fiji

Joint agencies

  • Food and Agriculture Organization

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Regional Actions for Ecosystem- Based Management

 Indicators:

Level of benefits to Pacific SIDS, including: a) access fee revenue & b) employment by gender
Number of Pacific SIDS meeting WCPFC obligations(空白)
Extent to which understanding of impacts of CC is reflected in management arrangements, including impacts on jurisdiction
Number of key non-target species impacted by WCPO tuna fisheries to which WCPFC CMMs are being applied
Number of key target stocks to which comprehensive WCPFC CMMs are applied in EEZs
Status of Sub-regional conservation & management arrangements
Number of Pacific SIDS applying ecosystem-based CMMs in accordance with new or revised management plans, fisheries policies, MCS plans & laws/regulations
Use of oceanic fisheries data and scientific analysis by Pacific SIDS.
Continuing donor interest in funding oceanic fisheries agencies & projects
Level of media coverage of relevant issues
No. of communiques from relevant regional fora, including Pacific Island Leaders' meetings covering oceanic fisheries
Number of national consultative or advisory processes/committees created or strengthened & operational
Percentage of participation by industry & other civil society stakeholders in Project, FFA, WCPFC & sub-regional activities, including INGO & ENGO participation
Outcome 2:

Sub-regional Actions for Ecosystem- Based Management
Outcome 3:

National Actions for Ecosystem-Based Management
Outcome 4:

Stakeholder Participation & Knowledge Management
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Project reports and documentation

 

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