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FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER 297



Methodology and guidelines for fisheries development planning with special reference to the developing countries in the African region




by
R. Hamlisch
Fisheries Economist
Steinachpl. 14
39012 Merano, Italy

Reprinted 1989

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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT

This document was prepared as part of a series of Technical Papers dealing with the Practices of Fisheries Management. It focuses on procedures and steps in systematic planning essential for ensuring a well balanced development of the fisheries in the African region.

DistributionFor bibliographic purposes this document should be cited as follows:
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Hamlisch, R., 1988 Methodology and guidelines for fisheries development planning (with special reference to the developing countries in the African region). FAO Fish.Tech.Pap., (297):60 p.
ABSTRACT
This paper is intended for directors of fisheries and fisheries planning staff of African countries. It offers a methodology and guidelines for fisheries development planning in developing countries. It describes the types of development plans, the planning system, and offers definitions of terms commonly used in planning. The paper discusses the various phases in the planning process: the setting of objectives and strategies, pre-planning, plan preparation, and major planning issues faced by coastal African countries as the result of the Law of the Sea.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Aims and contents of the publication
1.2 Principal provisions of the new Law of the Sea relating to fisheries and implications on fisheries management and planning
1.3 New opportunities differ from country to country and region to region
1.4 Types of development plans
1.5 Definition of terms commonly used in planning
1.6 Fisheries development planning in the African environment
2. SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON PLANS AND PLANNING
2.1 Planning and plan preparation
2.2 The development planning system
2.3 The planning organization and staff
3. PRE-PLANNING
3.1 Operations carried out during the pre-planning phase
3.2 Study of the history of sectoral development
3.3 Developing a data base
3.4 Understanding the fisheries environment
3.5 Linkages with other sectors of the economy
3.6 Relations between developing coastal and other countries in the sphere of fisheries
3.7 The legal framework
3.8 Management and development support
3.9 Chapter summary
4. PLAN PREPARATION
4.1 Contents of the chapter
4.2 The sectoral plan
4.3 Choosing objectives
4.4 Conflicts arising in connection with the pursuit of more than one objective
4.5 Selecting strategies
4.6 Policy instruments and measures (‘tools’) and programmes employed to carry out strategies
4.7 A step-by-step procedure for preparation of the sectoral plan
5. FISHERIES PLANNING ISSUES FACED BY COASTAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FOLLOWING INSTITUTION OF EEZs
5.1 Issues related to optimal exploitation and utilization of resources and the granting of access rights to other states
5.2 Responses by individual countries
5.3 Choice of tools for achievement of Law of the Sea objectives
6. REFERENCES