1. A literature review, field surveys, and remote sensors were used to establish baseline data on the Yemeni Red Sea Coast.
2. Environmental information collection training was provided to staff of relevant agencies.
3. Training in and implementation of public marine environmental awareness was successfully enacted.
Results Indicators
Regional Management Institutions
NAP
INDICATOR #3: Enhanced regional cooperation for sustainable management of the Red Sea environment. [Target: Establishment of a regional coordination element within the Programme for the Environment of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (PERSGA) with assistance from UNEP, and active dialogue with other ongoing programs in the Red Sea region.]
The project coordinated very closely with the GEF WB-UNDP-UNEP Red Sea Strategic Action Programme project being implemented by PERSGA, resulting in increased exposure of Yemeni scientists to regional environmental and fisheries initiatives. The project and PERSGA successfully collaborated in a regional workshop on environmental surveying and monitoring attended by 21 specialists from six PERSGA member states. PERSGA assisted in arranging a Saudi dive instructor who successfully trained six Yemenis in SCUBA diving.
Information sources
Results Note (2013)
This project aims to protect ecosystems important to fisheries and biodiversity through improving knowledge and monitoring of Yemen's Red Sea resources and their use. The project also incorporates a regional component which is implemented by UNEP. This component will provide capacity building for PERSGA (Regional Environment Programme for the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden), based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
To lay down appropriate controls and standards to regulate artisan, coastal and industrial fishing to ensure the promotion of development of artisans and coastal fishing activities,ina way which would gradually replace foreignand industrial fishing and build a core for theestablishment of a distinctive national fleet.Activation and strengthening of the role of marine control and surveillance to safeguard fish wealth, combat smuggling and prohibition of informal and illegal fishing in coordination with the concerned authorities.
To lay down appropriate controls and standards to regulate artisan, coastal and industrial fishing to ensure the promotion of development of artisans and coastal fishing activities,ina way which would gradually replace foreignand industrial fishing and build a core for theestablishment of a distinctive national fleet.Activation and strengthening of the role of marine control and surveillance to safeguard fish wealth, combat smuggling and prohibition of informal and illegal fishing in coordination with the concerned authorities.
