Project

Sustainable Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the West Pacific and East Asian Seas

Lead country

Philippines

Participating countries

Indonesia, Philippines, Viet Nam

Project status

Closure

Implementing period

From October 27, 2014 to December 18, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 14.2 Sustainably manage, protect, restore marine, coastal ecosystems
  2. 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
  3. 12.2 Sustainably manage, efficiently use natural resources

Project ID: 4753

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Technical team

  • Oceans and Water Programme

Technical area(s)

N/A

Landscape(s)

  • Marine

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Large marine ecosystem

Transformed sector(s)

  • Fisheries

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Institutional mechanism and system building

Strategy

  • Management operation
  • Governance
  • Capacity building

Sub-strategy

  • Ecosystem and ecosystem services conservation/restoration
  • Species and genetic diversity
  • Institutional framework
  • Transboundary governance
  • Institutional capacity building

Social inclusion

N/A

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender blind

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 14.2 Sustainably manage, protect, restore marine, coastal ecosystems
  • 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
  • 12.2 Sustainably manage, efficiently use natural resources

Conventions and protocols

  • Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

The Project objective is to improve the management of highly migratory species in the entire West and Central Pacific (WCPF) Convention area by continuing to strengthen national capacities and international participation of Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam in WCPF Commission activities. This objective will be achieved through three interlinked components on (i) strengthening regional governance of oceanic fisheries; (ii) national fishery management policy and institutional reform; and (iii) regional knowledge sharing in the WPEA. The Project will generate the following outcomes:

Objectives

To improve the management of highly migratory species in the entire West and Central Pacific (WCPF) Convention area by continuing to strengthen national capacities and international participation of Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam in WCPF Commission activities.

USD $4,527,156

Grant amount

USD $19,859,525

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($4,527,156)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Governments

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Regional governance for building regional and national adaptive capacity of Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam in the management of highly migratory stocks

 Indicators:

Status of harvesting of shared oceanic tuna stocks in the WCPF Convention area in the EAS vis-à-vis sustainability criteria set by the WCPF Convention
Application of market-based approaches to sustainable harvesting of oceanic tunas
Incorporation of oceanic fisheries indicators and modelling outputs into overall national climate change strategy
Policies/strategies/plans/program that integrate climate change into national fisheries policies and even legislation/regulations.
National (common)Formation of task force to prepare and package information for CF Comprehensive national databases for all aspects of oceanic tuna fisheries, including logsheet data, port sampling data, vessel register, MCS data, and bycatch. Comprehensive VMS, IUU monitoring and catch certification system in place for each country
Prediction of climate change impacts on oceanic fisheries and development of adaptive management strategies
Capacity building to interpret climate change impacts on oceanic fisheries and to develop adaptive management strategies and incorporate these into management regimes
Regional (WCPF Convention area): Status of participation in WCPFC activities (CMMs, compliance monitoring, MCS etc.) and membership (CCM) Sub-regional (Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam): Establishment of WCPFC/PEMSEA Consultative Forum (CF) to coordinate monitoring of oceanic tuna stocks across EAS LMEs in association with PEMSEA ,WCPFC and others
Application of ecosystem modelling to EAS EEZs to complement those for POWP LME and EEZs
Incorporation of EAFM principles in national tuna management plans
Pilot scale application of EAFM for oceanic species at selected sites/fisheries
Reduction of by-catch of endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) species, such as sea turtles, sharks and seabirds
Integration of data from oceanic tuna fisheries in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam into regional assessments of target tuna species
Sub-regional/national assessments for target species; regular national assessments of target species
Documentation and risk assessment of retained species and by-catch, including ETP species, in all fisheries/gears
Legal instruments fully compatible with WCPFC requirements, and compliance with WCPFC management requirements, including compliance with CMMs, ROP, RFV and application of reference points, and harvest control rules
Supply chain characterized for tuna fishery sector, including processing, and custody systems established for tuna fisheriesImprovements to fisheries to meet sustainable fishery standards for selected fisheries
(Deleted 'Number of') Private sector companies that cooperate in relevant project activities
Monitoring and knowledge sharing between POPW LME and EAS LMEs for target and associated species and their managementCommitment to information sharing at all levels amongst WPEA members and beyond Current provincial/FMA resource profiles updated and disseminated Participation in global knowledge sharing events
Outcome 2:

Implementation of policy, institutional and fishery management reform
Outcome 3:

Knowledge sharing on highly migratory fish stocks
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