1. Collaboration approaches for CEAFM
“a fisheries perspective”

2. Implementing the CEAFM
HOW ???
Expanding the management base

3. Tasks for promoting agency
Define broad goals and strategies
Maximum community participation
Motivation rather than education
Demand-based process
Review work of other groups
Combine approaches
Avoid confusion and disenchantment
Establish consultative multi-disciplinary group
Ecosystem management advisory group (EMAG)
Legal basis for CEAFM
Authority to manage
Legal support for EMAG
Facilitators with appropriate skills
Development vs. Management skills
Facilitation skills/people skills
Culturally appropriate process

4. Collaboration and more coordinated approach
The Community involvement process
Assess community requests
Awareness of problems
Concern for the marine environment
Willingness to take actions
Define scope
Broad parameters (what, where, who)
Mapping/sketch
Boundaries
Stroll through environmental assessment
Identify and prioritise issues
Develop Management Plan
Formalising and implementation
Collaboration and more coordinated approach

5. Island Issues……… why collaboration is needed??
CBFMP
Community undertakings
Fisheries Undertakings
Limited to fisheries impacts
Other impacts??

6. Impacts on marine ecosystem………
CBFM expanded with simple EAF principles
Establish consultative group - legal relevance
Identify problems and set priorities - risk assessment
For each problem, agree on indicators of performance and precautionary reference points.
Agree on monitoring arrangements – who is responsible
Complication
Community
Fisheries
Environment
Land
Forests
Trade and commerce
Tourism,
Climate change etc

7. Marshall Islands Coastal Management Advisory Council (CMAC)
A cross-sectoral working group of people with a common interest in the development, conservation and management of coastal and marine environment
Advisory, coordination and collaboration of national effort
Members
MIMRA
RMI Environment Protection Agency
College of Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands Visitors Authority
Office of Environment Planning and Policy Coordination
Marshall Islands Conservation Society
Natural Resources Assessments Surveys Marshall Islands

8. Legal basis (FMOs – Fisheries Management Ordinances)
Marshall Islands

9. Moving forward.. Continuing community commitment
Cooperation and collaboration
multi-agency group
Funds and resources
Staff and activities
Various interests
donor/national/communities

10. Some key points National CEAFM model/approach/process
Traditional/cultural
Legal framework
Levels of collaboration
Local communities
Governmental
Countries
Regional
NGOs, government etc…
Collaboration and coordination
Improved delivery of services
Efficiency and cost effective
Avoid confusion at community level
Improved ecosystem management