Anti-IUU Measures in FAO Regional Fisheries Livelihood Programme project in Timor Leste
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Transcript of Anti-IUU Measures in FAO Regional Fisheries Livelihood Programme project in Timor Leste
Anti-IUU measures in a FAO Regional and Fisheries Livelihood Programme
project, Timor Leste
18 June, 2012Mario Pereira, Crispen Wilson
Department of FisheriesThe Problems:• Data was not being gathered in any systematic manner.• Many of the government agencies were isolated ,entering
and reentering data. • Data was being lost due to viruses, hard drive crashes,
theft.
Website (www.peskador.org)The objectives:
Offsite backups data and virus protection A shared data system accessible across ministries Workloads can be distributed to districts Performance matrics for government staff Increase transparency and service to stakeholders
Website (www.peskador.org)Has 2 interfaces Public page
Socialization of laws and community mapping
Mobile Licensing
Boat Registration
Data we make available to the fishers
Weather, Cyclone warnings,
Sea Surface Temp, Wind, Wave size and direction
Tide Predictions, Coral temperatures, Tsunami early warning system
Reported accident at sea
Then there is the data we collect from the fishermen
Local prices, local taxonomy, catch volumes
Mapping fishing patterns, near shore bathymetry,
fishing effort
Mapping the dangerous places
Mapping the Tara Bandu (traditional
authorities)
Mapping Mangroves
Mapping Aquaculture
www.peskador.org/kuncen Data entry page (NDFA staffs and related counterparts)
www.peskador.org/kuncen
Community-based IUU program
Timor Leste IssuesSuspected they are losing natural resources every day
due to illegal fishing.Infrequent patrols by Navy, Marine Police.Lack of incentive for fishermen to cooperate with
authorities.No IUU list.No system in place to determine whether large
commercial vessels have license to fish in the area.No data collected from commercial vessels regarding fish
catch in Indonesian and surrounding waters.
Changing the business modelWho pays the fee? Why should
fishers’ allow themselves to be monitored?
Other benefits that can be delivered to the fishers, improved safety, collecting management data, documenting fishing patterns, etc..
Strategy to engage the fishermen in helping to combat illegal fishing
Equipping the fishermen with real time satellite transmitters. These transmitters automatically record the location of the boat every ten minutes. They have two user activated buttons.
The instructions to the captains are: if your sinking, press button #1 to call for Help, and press button #2 to report illegal fishing
Intended outcomesHave illegal fishers from other
countries view every artisanal boat as having the potential to report them.
Gain a measure of how many our fishers are illegally fishing in other countries waters.
Build partnerships between the fishers and the Dept of Fisheries, Marine Police, Military.
Collect management data
Benefits
Ability to call for help when they are in trouble.If they are pulled into foreign port then likely they have been arrested for illegal fishing and are not dead.If the boat is overdue, their families can see where they are and be assured the boat is OK.
Get to see where fishers go and how much time they spend between locations. Catch data/distance travelled. CPUE This is the start of building a positive working relationship with fishers.
Engaging the fishermen to report illegal fishing will add tremendously to the countries capacity to patrol its waters. Saves time, fuel, boats. This is the start of building a cooperative relationship between governmental agencies and boat captains.
Fishermen Natural Resource Governmental Management Agencies
Thank you
Collected data for bathymetric analyses.