1. Regional workshop on Approaches to the implementation and monitoring of community-based ecosystem approach to fisheries management (CEAFM): finding common ground between the coastal fisheries and conservation approaches in the Pacific (Noumea, 29 November to 3 December 2010)

2. Outline FAO definition of EAF? What is EAF? What is EBM?
What is CEAFM?
Challenges
Opportunities

3. EAF definition used – FAO (2003)
An ecosystem approach to fisheries strives to balance diverse societal objectives by taking into account the knowledge and uncertainties about biotic, abiotic and human components of ecosystems and their interactions and applying an integrated approach to fisheries within ecological meaningful boundaries.”
The purpose of EAF is therefore “… to plan, develop and manage fisheries in a manner that addresses the multiple needs and desires of societies, without jeopardizing the options for future generations to benefit from the full range of goods and services provided by the marine ecosystem

4. Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF)
EAF is a set of principles and a framework to improve management – not a set methodology
It builds on conventional fisheries management
It considers :
Broader effects of fishing on the environment
Impacts of other sectors on fisheries and the ecosystem they need to survive
Humans are a key part of the ecosystem
All PICTs have committed to adopting and implementing EAF
Application and operationalisation a challenge
Main focus is on coastal fisheries: subsistence, artisanal and small-scale commercial.

5. Ecosystem Based Management (EBM)
Approach or direction being taken by governments and NGOs for environmental management and biodiversity conservation
Fisheries is addressed within a broader context
Many of the other aspects are similar/the same as EAF:
Broader effects of fishing (target and non-target species) on the environment
Impacts of other sectors on fisheries and the ecosystem they need to survive
The human/social component including traditional knowledge

6. Community-based Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management
Nothing new, more building on and improving on current practices – evolutionary, not revolutionary
Next stage in aligning and bringing together conservation/ biodiversity/ fisheries management and monitoring and the approaches taken
Like EAF and EBM it includes all stakeholders in a consultative approach to developing management and monitoring arrangements
Effective coastal biodiversity conservation cannot be achieved without sustainable marine resource use (people are key)
At the community level, fisheries and environmental management are on parallel tracks or the same.

7. Challenges
There are many challenges to the implementation of CEAFM and these include:
Funding and resourcing at all levels, with regional and national bodies, NGOs and communities
Capacity building and retaining capacity at all levels
Collecting the appropriate data to be able to measure success or otherwise, with the backdrop of possible climate change effects.
Implementing management arrangements with sometimes different objectives (EAF or EBM) in the absence of scientific data
Using adaptive management techniques as new information becomes available
Maintaining food security for coastal communities with the need for alternative income generating opportunities
Dealing with emerging threats, e.g. climate change

8. Opportunities
As stated in the workshop objective and purpose, the aim is to:
Bring the main stakeholders together to encourage discussion and explore different approaches to find common ground
Work together to see where a standard approach to monitoring data collection can be achieved so data can be comparable between locations across the region
Work together for sustainable management of resources, drawing on the strengths of those involved
Continue to foster collaborations and develop new partnerships between all concerned

9. THANK YOU