Improving Developing Countries’ Compliance with IOTC Conservation and Management Measures

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Key facts

Duration:

January 2018 – June 2020

Funding:

USD 216 346

Beneficiaries:

Parties to the IOTC

Partners:

Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Union

Status:

Completed

About the project:

The aim of this project was to strengthen the ability of fisheries administrations of IOTC developing coastal States to meet their obligations to sustainably manage certain fish stocks. It focused on three member countries – Bangladesh, Malaysia and Somalia – that have been experiencing difficulties with implementing the IOTC Conservation and Management Measures (CMMs).

Project activities:

Review Fisheries legislation in Malaysia.
Produce a technical report containing draft Fisheries (High Seas Fishing) Regulations.
Carry out Compliance Support Missions, training sessions and capacity-building exercises, in Malaysia, Bangladesh and at IOTC Secretariat for officers from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Federal Government of Somalia.
Produce manuals to guide IOTC members on how to implement the CMMs training package.
Develop drafts for IOTC Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) scheme and Catch Documentation scheme (CDS), to be presented at IOTC workshop in Maputo, Mozambique.

Achievements and highlights:

The project succeeded with providing legal support to IOTC developing States, enabling them to review their fisheries and related national legislation, identify legislative gaps and address how these gaps could be filled using the IOTC Legislative Framework. As a result of the many activities, including the Compliance Support Missions, new manuals, training packages and other capacity-building activities, the project improved the capability of the selected member States to comply with IOTC conservation and management measures. Lessons learned from this project will be used to strengthen other IOTC developing coastal States with their implementation IOTC CMMs with the aim to achieve sustainable fisheries in the entire IOTC area of competence.

Updates, resources and publications:

Implementation of IOTC Conservation and Management Measures, Part A

IOTC Publication

Implementation of IOTC Conservation and Management Measures, Part B

IOTC Publication

3 RD MEETING OF THE CATCH DOCUMENTATION SCHEME (CDS) WORKING GROUP (WG)

10-11 February 2020, Nairobi, Kenya - Meeting Report

WORKSHOP RELATING TO THE STUDIES ON MONITORING, CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE (MCS) AND CATCH DOCUMENTATION SCHEM (CDS)

11-12 February 2019, Maputo, Mozambique - Workshop Report