Fish for the People Vol.02 No.2
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2024-03-28T18:57:25ZFish for the People Vol. 2 No. 2
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Fish for the People Vol. 2 No. 2
This issue of Fish for the People focuses on questions surrounding the regulating of access to fisheries.
2004-01-01T00:00:00ZRegulating access to fisheries freezing the fishing fleets
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Regulating access to fisheries freezing the fishing fleets
Gamucci, Olivier Delahaye
Excess fishing capacity in world fisheries is of increasing concern, as it contributes considerably to overfishing, the degradation of marine fisheries resources and habitats, and can be considered as a significant economic misuse. The FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries specifies that States should take measures to prevent or eliminate excess fishing capacity and ensure that levels of fishing effort are commensurate with sustainable use of fishery resources. The main reason behind the worldwide overcapitalization in fisheries is unlimited access to the resources. A discussion is presented on fishing capacity, its control, and fishing rights. It is concluded that, although only a small first step toward the serious management of fishing capacity, the freezing of fishing capacity is urgently required to avoid further acceleration of the depletion of resources. Provided that both the relevant governmental agencies and local communities get proper assistance, and that the use of indicators to understand the status of each fishery on a case by case basis is promoted, these future management actions will definitely help to match fishing capacity with sustainable yields.
2004-01-01T00:00:00ZRegulating access to fisheries making the law work: Decentralization & rights-based fisheries in the Philippines
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Regulating access to fisheries making the law work: Decentralization & rights-based fisheries in the Philippines
Ebbers, Theo
An examination is made of participatory coastal resources management approaches in the Philippines, providing a summary of lessons to be learnt from these experiences. The article is based on both a review of relevant literature and on personal knowledge from working with coastal communities in the Philippines. Particular reference is made to the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, which is often seen as a model upon which the legal framework for small-scale coastal fisheries management in other countries of the region could be shaped. The politicization of coastal fisheries management issues represents the biggest threat to the translation of the spirit of the Fisheries Code into sustainable fisheries management practices. However, it also offers coastal fisheries managers and coastal communities the opportunity to advance toward sustainable fisheries management systems at the local level. If they succeed in making coastal fisheries and resources management a priority political issue and can demonstrate to local legislators and decision makers the potential economic, social and therefore political benefits of specific coastal fisheries and resources management measures, the local political establishment is more likely to take the provisions of the Fisheries Code seriously and actually make this law work.
2004-01-01T00:00:00ZLocally-based coastal resources enhancement in the Province of Aklan, Philippines: A success story
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Locally-based coastal resources enhancement in the Province of Aklan, Philippines: A success story
Kühlmann, Kai-J.
For more than 3 decades, the rural coastlines of the Philippines have been becoming increasingly depleted due to commercial fishing, migration to coastal areas, and clearing of upland forests. Various threats have led to the present socio-ecological conflict in rural coastal areas and motivated the German Development Service (DED), one of the numerous foreign development organizations at work in the Philippines, to provide extension work for local stakeholders and government units. A summary is provided of the various activities conducted by DED in their attempt to address the threatened socio-ecological situation of the Aklan Coastline through the sustainable management of its coastal resources. Community planning, the benefits of artificial reefs, marine protected areas as nurseries and safeguard to artificial reefs, stakeholder networking and, strengthening local management capacity are discussed. Diverse management approaches, such as marine protected area management plans, artificial reef deployment, public education and environmental awareness raising campaigns are under a strong multi-sectoral cooperation and responsible governance will, in Akland, lead to the emergence of a full grown coastal alliance, with its municipal marine protected areas turned into an ecological network system, of benefit not only to coastal communities but to the province as a whole.
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