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
Budget
49,524,311.00 USD
Total Cost of the project
9,174,311 USD
GEF Allocation to project
Partners
Building upon a strong foundation of science, partnership and field demonstration, CI empowers societies to responsibly and sustainably care for nature, our global biodiversity, for the well-being of humanity.
WWF's unique way of working combines global reach with a foundation in science, involves action at every level from local to global, and ensures the delivery of innovative solutions that meet the needs of both people and nature.
The Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP) is an Inter-Governmental Organisation mandated to enhance cooperation among member countries, other countries and organisations in the region and provide technical and management advisory services for sustainable coastal fisheries development and management in the Bay of Bengal region.
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) strengthens national capacity and regional solidarity so its 17 members can manage, control and develop their tuna fisheries now and in the future.Based in Honiara, Solomon Islands, FFA's 17 Pacific Island members are Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.FFA was established to help countries sustainably manage their fishery resources that fall within their 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs). FFA is an advisory body providing expertise, technical assistance and other support to its members who make sovereign decisions about their tuna resources and participate in regional decision making on tuna management through agencies such as the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
The general objective of the Commission is to promote the effective conservation, management and development of the living marine resources of the area of competence of the Commission, in accordance with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, and address common problems of fisheries management and development faced by members of the Commission.
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