Ocean Partnerships for Sustainable Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation - Models for Innovation and Reform

Project Objective: This Project aims to support pilot public and private sector investment in better managed fisheries based on migratory stocks that straddle developing countries’ coastal jurisdictions (EEZs) and ABNJ. More specifically, it will identify and help develop four pilot investments with high potential to deliver enhanced economic, social and environmental benefits from living marine resources. Such benefits will be achieved through reforms in the ways fisheries are managed.

The Project is regionally executed through the following sub-projects:

• Bay of Bengal region – small-scale tuna longline fisheries
• Western Central Pacific Ocean – tuna fisheries prosecuted mainly by distant-water fishing nations under the Parties to Nauru Agreement’s Vessel Day Scheme
• West/Central Atlantic and Caribbean – recreational and commercial small-scale fisheries targeting billfish
• Eastern Pacific Ocean – increasing the sustainability of the skipjack tuna purse seine fisheries In addition, a global think tank (GloTT) will support inter-regional coordination, outreach and collaboration, with a global innovation grant facility supporting a range of innovative activities

Documents & Resources

project-identification-form [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Oceans Finance Facility - PIF Document Document Bay of Bengal Federated States of Micronesia Independent State of Papua New Guinea Maldives Nauru Republic of Kiribati Republic of the Marshall Islands Solomon Islands Tuvalu Tuvalu outreach-material [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Investing in Sustainable High-Quality Galapagos [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Mercury Contents in Commercial Billfish Species of the Western Central Atlantic [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Tuna and Tuna-like Fishes of the Bay of Bengal (Poster) [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Ocean Partnership Programme and Caribbean Billfish Project Brochure [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Caribbean Billfish Project [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] The Marking and Identification of Fishing Vessels [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Tuna and Tuna-like Fishes of the Bay of Bengal Poster [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] The Marking and Identification of Fishing Vessels El marcado y la identificación de los barcos pesqueros [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] The Caribbean Billfish Project Poster report [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Business Plan to Support the Improvement of the Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus Albacares) Small-Scale Fishery in the Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Principles for Fisheries Management in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction - the Essential Role of Incentive-Based Approaches [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Assessing the Application of Innovative Incentive-Based Tools to Reform Highly Migratory Fisheries from Regional to Global Scale [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Innovative Incentive-Based Tools in Reform of Highly Migratory Fisheries at Project Development and Regional Scales [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Development of a Sustainable Fisheries Fund for the Western Central Atlantic - A stepwise approach prepared with support from Wilderness Markets and Conservation International [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Investing in Sustainable Fisheries in the Dominican Republic - Evaluation of a Trust Mechanism [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Investing in Grenada’s Yellowfin Tuna Exports - A buisness case to incentivize and facilitate required reductions in billfish mortality [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Investing in WECAFC - Considerations for the Development of RFMO Investments [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Impact of climate change on tropical tuna species and tuna fisheries in Pacific Island waters and high seas areas (Report) [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Impact of climate change on tropical tuna species and tuna fisheries in Pacific Island waters and high seas areas (Information Paper) [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] A Business Case for Co-Management Arrangements for the Yellowfin Tuna Fishery in the Union Territory of Puducherry [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] A Business Case for Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) for the Yellowfin Tuna Fishery in the Bay of Bengal [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] A Business Case for the Processing and Sale of High Quality Yellowfin Tuna Products from South India [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Current Knowledge, Key Uncertainties and Future Research Directions for Defining the Stock Structure of Skipjack, Yellowfin, Bigeye and South Pacific Albacore Tunas in the Pacific Ocean Economic Impact Analysis of Commercial and Recreational Billfish Fisheries in the Western Central Atlantic, Grenada and the Dominican Republic (Final Report) [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Expenditure and Willingness-to-Pay Survey of Caribbean Billfish Anglers: Summary Report workshop [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Current Knowledge, Key Uncertainties and Future Research Directions for Defining the Stock Structure of Skipjack, Yellowfin, Bigeye and South Pacific Albacore Tunas in the Pacific Ocean (Workshop Report) [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Current Knowledge, Key Uncertainties and Future Research Directions for Defining the Stock Structure of Skipjack, Yellowfin, Bigeye and South Pacific Albacore Tunas in the Pacific Ocean (Information Paper) project-document [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] PIF Document for WPI (Revised) [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Council Letter [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Review Sheet (PDF) [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] PID Appraisal Stage 1 [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] GEF Data Sheet Endorsement FINAL [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] STAP Review (PDF) [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Review Sheet (PDF) [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] GEF IW Experience Note: Caribbean Billfish Project publication [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] A New World Bank Project: Ocean Partnerships for Sustainable Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] A Business Case for a Centre of Excellence in International Fisheries Development (CEIFD) [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Recreational Fisheries Economic Impact Assessment Manual and Its Application in Two Study Cases in the Caribbean: Martinique and the Bahamas [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Caribbean Fisheries Legal and Institutional Study: Findings of the Comparative Assessment and Country Reports [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Status of Billfish Resources and Billfish Fisheries in the Western Central Atlantic [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] Fishery Performance Indicator Studies for the Commercial and Recreational Pelagic Fleets of the Dominican Republic and Grenada [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] The Use and Design of Rights and Tenure Based Management Systems for Transboundary Stocks in the Caribbean [ABNJ Ocean Partnerships] The Value of Billfish Resources to Both Commercial and Recreational Sectors in the Caribbean]