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Book (series)Report of the FAO workshop on putting into practice the fao technical guidelines on marine protected areas (MPAS) and fisheries, Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand, 30 January–1 February 2012
MPAS as a potential management tool for sustainable fisheries in South and Southeast Asia
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No results found.This document provides a summary of the workshop presentations, discussions, conclusions and recommendations of the workshop on Putting into practice the FAO Technical Guidelines on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Fisheries: MPAs as a potential management tool for sustainable fisheries in South and South East Asia which took place in Bangkok, Thailand, on 30 January – 1 February 2012. It was jointly organised by FAO, SEAFDEC and the BOBLME project. The workshop was organised in response to the recent publication of the FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries on MPAs and Fisheries with the purpose of disseminating these Guidelines, supporting existing initiatives promoting effective MPA management and promoting cross-sectoral coordination and collaboration. Accordingly, the workshop objectives included: (i) to introduce the recently published FAO MPA and fisheries guidelines, (ii) to contribute to successful MPA management in the countries of South and South Eas t Asia, and (iii) to identify issues, best practices and critical processes and institutional/planning/ implementation elements for implementing MPAs in the context of fisheries. -
Policy briefTechnical plan for marine protected areas to support fisheries management in Fisheries Management Area 714 2024
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No results found.Fisheries Management Area (FMA) 714 covers the Tolo Bay and Banda Sea waters and five provinces, which are East Nusa Tenggara, Southeast Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Maluku, and North Maluku. The utilization rate of fish resources in FMA 714 has reached fully exploited for five groups of fish resources and over-exploited for four other groups of fishes. As of 2022, FMA 714 encompasses a minimum of 44 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) with varying types and management statuses, with the total area covered by the MPAs in FMA 714 approximately 7 135 383.57 hectares. The conservation targets in the designated MPAs of FMA 714 include the protection of critical ecosystem and several specific fish species. In addition, FMA 714 is also home to spawning grounds and breeding grounds for yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and is reserved as a limited fishing zone. The establishment of a conservation area has yet to show its contribution to supporting sustainable fisheries management. This is mainly due to the lack of effective management of the conservation areas in FMA 714. Several issues were identified, for example: the protection of important fish resource habitats in FMA 714 is not yet optimal because most of the conservation areas are still in reserved stage; the decline of fish stock in FMA 714, such as scads, snapper and squid, likely links to the inoptimal implementation of the closure system in FMA 714 and should be reinforced with additional management measures such as enhanced surveillance and law enforcement, stricter permit regulations, and regular monitoring and evaluation. Unsustainable fishing practices still exist in FMA 714 and there are no technical arrangements (input control and output control) at the fishing zone in the conservation area. Moreover, the Conservation Area (MPA) Network is not yet operational and the protection of yellowfin tuna spawning grounds in FMA 714 has not been effectively monitored. The policy brief offers some recommendations to address the above issues. -
Book (stand-alone)Report of the FAO Workshop on Impacts of Marine Protected Areas on Fisheries Yield, Fishing Communities and Ecosystems, Rome, Italy, 16-18 June 2015 2016
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No results found.The workshop, which was organised by FAO in was organised in close collaboration with the University of Washington and the Environmental Defence Fund (EDF), took place in FAO, Rome, on 16-18 June 2015. In addition to FAO staff and consultants, 26 researchers and MPA practitioners from Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin and North America, and South Asia participated in a mix of plenary presentations, working-group discussions and feedback with plenary-based syntheses and future dire ctions. This report is the output of this workshop which was convened to bring together experts from different disciplines and parts of the world for an initial discussion that would lay the foundation for one or more future working groups that would examine how MPAs affect fisheries and fish and fishing communities, and provide guidance on how to optimise biodiversity, fisheries and livelihoods benefits. The workshop agreed on some tentative elements that could form the basis for further globa l and regional analyses including fisheries, environmental, social, economic and governance dimensions. The workshop outcomes provide a basis for further collaboration through multidisciplinary including experts from around the world.
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