1. 8th SPC HOF Meeting (Noumea, 4-8 March 2013
Coastal Fisheries Programme

2. Outline
Brief overview of the CFP goal, structure and funding (Lindsay Chapman)
Coastal fisheries science and management activities in 2012 and proposed for 2013 (Ian Bertram)
Aquaculture activities in 2012 and proposed for 2013 (Robert Jimmy)
Nearshore fisheries development activities in 2012 and proposed for 2013 (Michel Blanc)

3. CFP Goal (FAME Strategic Plan 2013-2016):
Coastal fisheries, nearshore fisheries and aquaculture in PICTs are managed and developed sustainably

4. Coastal Fisheries Programme Coastal Fisheries Science and Management
Lindsay Chapman
Coastal Fisheries Science and Management
Ian Bertram
Science/data - SciCOFish
- Being Yeeting - finfish
- Kalo Pakoa - invertebrates
- Franck Magron – data
Community-based management (climate change adaptation)
- Etuati Ropeti
Climate change monitoring
- Bradley Moore
- Ron Simpson PIJP
- PIJP under recruitment
Aquarium trade
- Colette Wabnitz
Project administrator
- Marie-Therese Bui
Aquaculture
Robert Jimmy
Mariculture, Noumea based
- Ruth Garcia Gomez
Aquaculture and aquatic trade, Suva based
- Tim Pickering - freshwater
- Avinash Singh (IACT)
Project assistant
- Genevieve Mirc
Nearshore Fisheries Development
Michel Blanc
Development
- William Sokimi - fishing
- Jonathan Manieva – DEVFISH II
Economics
- Michael Sharp
Post-harvest and exports
- Timothy Numilengi

5. CFP staffing and funding
Currently 18 professional and 2 support staff in position
1 professional staff position lost in June 2013
12-month PIJP position under recruitment
2012 budget of around USD $5.3 million (4.9 million CFP units) – roughly 25% recurrent and 75% project
2013 budget will be roughly the same, by reducing in 2014 with projects ending.

6. Coastal Fisheries Science and Management Section

7. EU-funded SciCOFish project (3 staff)
AUSAID-funded coastal fisheries CC (1+2 staff)
AUSAID- funded fisheries and food security (1 staff)
GIZ project CCC adaptations and mitigation (1 staff)
SPC program funds (2 staff)

8. Invertebrate assessment [34 ppl T]
Palau
Tokelau
Samoa
Cook Is
Fiji

9. Finfish Biological Sampling [42ppl T]
RMI
FSM
Kiribati
Nauru
Tuvalu
Samoa
Fiji

10. Otolith reading workshop IRD/SPC [6 ppl T]
RMI
FSM
Nauru
Kiribati
Tuvalu

11. Creel & Market pilot survey [30 ppl T]
FSM
Nauru
Tonga
Fiji

12. Invertebrate & CC monitoring attachments [8 ppl T]
FSM
PNG
Solomon Is
Vanuatu
Samoa

13. Capacity Development - 2012 highlights
Database fundamentals workshop @ SPC (28 trained = all ACP but Niue)
Aquarium fisheries best practices (Kiritimati Is [RoK] for fishers and operators)

14. Materials / Systems to assist countries
Develop Creel/Market survey manual and finalizing Invertebrate assessment manual
CC baseline monitoring reports completed pilot sites (RMI, Tuvalu, Kiribati, FSM, PNG)
Additional 8 information sheets for communities

15. Materials / Systems to assist countries
Online version of export database
Creel & market survey database develop/testing
Deployment of 9 micro servers in ACP countries

16. Policy/Management Advice
Advice/assistance in developing resource/fisheries management arrangements (Policy, Plan, Regulation or Legislation)
Sea Cucumber (RMI, Kiribati, Solomon Is, Vanuatu, Cook Is, Fiji: on-going)
Aquarium fishery (RMI, Kiribati, Cook Is, F/Poly, FSM, PNG),
Legislation (Vanuatu, Fiji)
Samoa (CEAFM model and Coastal Fisheries Policy),
Institutional Strengthening scoping / review (Palau, Vanuatu)

17. CC Adaptation activities - 2012
Building and developing CEAFM/Ridge to Reef approach programs integrating CC adaptation activities
FSM
Nauru
Samoa
Kiribati
Receive/Responded Ad-Hoc request:- Tuvalu ciguatera poisoning

18. Some Activities -2013 Invertebrate assessment (3 countries)
Finfish UVC assessment (Fiji)
Climate Change resources monitoring & follow-up training; Tuvalu, Kiribati, RMI
Otolith preparation and reading workshop II (Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Palau, PNG)
Coral identification workshop (Sol Is)

19. Activities -2013
Invertebrate assessment data analysis (Palau, Fiji, Cook Islands)
Live rock assessment (Tonga)
Market study for giant clam (aquarium and food) trade (FP)
Creel/Market survey (A. Samoa)

20. Some activities- 2013
Finalize and publish, Invertebrate, Fin-Fish UVC, Creel and Market surveys assessment manuals
DVD of community-based coral farming activities (awareness & training tool combined: Sol Is)
Develop/distribute best practices for Aquarium industry (harvesting/export)

21. Activities
Country visit for development of country specific data bases
Finalize and distribution of creel and market survey database
4 additional micro servers to be deployed

22. Policy/Management Advice- 2013
Continued assistance to those countries with draft plans, regulations: specific fisheries, or community resource management frameworks
Continued assistance for legislation reviews (Fiji, Vanuatu, FSM)
Vanuatu ISP, Kiritimati Fisheries Master Plan
Kadavu (Fiji): establish pilot sites for climate change adaptation activates

23. Challenges Funding Restriction Lack of data in countries
Slow responses