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PERSGA regional EBM initiative in the

Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

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ROPME Workshop on Regional EBM Strategy4th-7th April 2016, Dubai, UAE

The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA)

Legal base: Jeddah Convention(1982) and Regional Protocols

An intergovernmental organization dedicated for conservation ofmarine environment

Established multilinked regional programs to facilitate implementationof the Regional Convention and Protocols

Gulf of Aden

SAP implemented during1999-2004

PERSGA established in 1996

Pollution from Sea Based Activities

Environmental Education and Awareness

Living Marine Resources

Biodiversity and Protected Areas

On-the-ground Activities

Environmental Monitoring

Annual Training

Supportive Programs

PERSGA Program Components

Regional Information System

Climate Change

Pollution from Land-Based Activities

Regional Legislation

Jeddah

Convention

Protocol

Concerning Oil

and HNS

Pollution

1982

Protocol

Concerning

Biodiversity

Conservation and

MPAs Network

Protocol

Concerning

Protection from

LBAs

2005

Protocol

Concerning

Exchange of

Equipment and

Personnel

During

Emergency

2009

MoU

Concerning

Cooperation

in Port State

Control

2011

MoU

Concerning

Cooperation in

Management of

Fisheries and

Aquaculture

2013

The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Region is rich in key marine ecosystems

salt marshes mangroves

seagrass beds coral reefs

Shoreline protection and Soil Stability

Fish Nursery/ Breeding habitats

Biodiversity Support

Water Purification and quality

Support livelihood and economyFisheries

e.g. Yemen

The Fishery sector:

Employs, directly or indirectly, around 500,000 people, mostlyin rural areas, where there are few other employmentopportunities

Contributes significantly to the GDP

Coastal tourism

Egypt: Hotel capacity allocation by Governorate

Egypt: Tourism revenues (billion dollars)

Source: Hilmi et al 2012; Cesar 2003)

First Efforts Focused on Training and Awareness Workshops

Advocacy and Capacity Building

Monitoring, Control and Surveillance

systems in the Framework of Ecosystem

Approach to Fishery

December 2011, Jeddah

Ecosystem based Management of Oceans and

Coasts

January 2012, Hurghadah

Supported by UNEP

Joined by participants from ROBME and other

ROWA countries

Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries

October 2009, Jeddah

Strategic Ecosystem Management of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (SEM) Project

ROPME Workshop on Regional EBM Strategy3rd-6th April 2016, Dubai

EBM included in the SEM Project

Development and Component Objectives

Launched in 2014 and will be closed in 2017

PDO: is to improve management of marine resources in the Red

Sea and Gulf of Aden in selected MPAs building on resource

protection, incentive systems for communities and the

harmonization of the knowledge base of marine resources

between PERSGA member countries. This will be achieved

through institutional Technical Assistance with on-the-ground

activities, including application of Ecosystem Based Management

principles

Includes 3 components

Strategic Ecosystem Management of the Red Sea

and Gulf of Aden (SEM) Project

2014-2017

ROPME Workshop on Regional EBM Strategy3rd-6th April 2016, Dubai

Component 1: Strengthening the principles of marine managed areasthrough stakeholders driven MPA implementation

Component 2: Strengthening coastal communities to use incentivebased approaches for improving fisheries managementand achieving other marine resource benefits

Component 3: Environmental and Socioeconomic Monitoring NetworkSupporting EBM and Community Benefits

SEM Project Components:

Update master zoning plans with community and other stakeholder inputs

Build the capacity of community stakeholders and institutions involved in MPAs participatory management

Develop a series of engagements/ exchanges among the Regional MPAs Network

Component (1) Main Interventions

Training on application of EAprinciples in fishery managementand development of LMR basedalternative livelihood sources

Review fishery legislationand policy/ coherence forEBM implementation

Support identification and execution ofdemo livelihood subprojects to reducepressure on over-exploited resources


EBM and Co-management as guideline

Principles based on:

CBD (12 EA principles)

Code of Conduct for Responsible fisheries,

CCRF (19 principles)

Two pilot sites were selected as the SEM project demo activities underComponents 1 & 2

Wadi el Gemal-Hamata MPA (Egypt) Dugnonab Bay-Mukkawar island MPA (Sudan)

Enhance monitoringcapacities

Update Regional StandardSurvey and MonitoringMethods

Harmonize regionalmonitoring database


SEM PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE (PDO) INDICATORS

1 Marine areas brought under biodiversity management (ha)

2 Direct project beneficiaries (number)

3 Number of alternative livelihood projects realised by communities

4Availability of harmonized parameters and database for PERSGA

member countries

5Number of fish groupers spawning sites brought under protection with

community compliance

6Participants in consultation activities during project implementation

(number)

7Percentage of female direct beneficiaries and participants in consultation

activities

Establish review assessment team and

Fishery laws, polices and management

Review assessments to support legislation and policy coherencefor EBM implementation

Develop guidelines and organizeregional workshop (Nov 2014)

National and regional assessmentreports developed (April 2015)

2nd Regional workshop (May 2015): Discussion of national and regional assessment reports

National workshops for validation and setting up sustainable activities of national processes (ongoing)

QUESTIONNAIRES AND TEMPLATES

Co-management assessment

The draft Situation Analysis Guidelines developed for this assessment provides

questionnaires to be completed by PERSGA national consultants that can be used

to further review the fisheries management situation at the national, provincial and

local level.

1. NATIONAL LEVEL ACTS SUPPORTING CO-MANAGEMENT

2. NATIONAL LEVEL POLICIES SUPPORTING CO-MANAGEMENT

3. REGISTER OF CO-MANAGEMENT/OTHER PRACTICES

Building mangrove resilience on-ground

project in the northern coast of Djibouti

2012-2015

Before the project (2010)

Restoration activities

nurseries

Restore denoted sites

Cleaning campaigns Community based restoration and

management

Site specific management plan for Khor

Angar mangroves

Supported by UNEP/ GEF and PERSGA

Delegation of management is required

to sustain outcomes through co-

management

Community training

Example of Potential co-management schemes included in the

assessment

23 Articles addressing

Management procedures for fishery and

aquaculture

Regional fishery data and statistics

Conservation and protection measures/

action plans

Combating IUU fishing

Technical cooperation and capacity

building

Other institutional and general issues

Regional MoU for Cooperation in Management of Marine Fisheries

and Aquaculture (Under final review)

Correlation to PERSGA Efforts on Regional Legislation

Integrated in the Regional Training Manual

Incorporated in Regional and National workshops

Application of Ecosystem Approach Principlesin Selection of Alternative Livelihood Options

Livelihood support subprojects

Support identification and execution of demo livelihood subprojects toreduce pressure on over-exploited resources

PERSGA SEM Co2_ICI: Fisheries Co-Management Consultancy

Regional Workshop 08th-11th June 2015. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

PERSGA

GEF/WB Strategic Ecosystem Management Project

COMPONENT 2

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LIVELIHOODS COMPLIANCE WITH EA AND CCRF

AND IMPACT INDICATORS

Day 2 Module 3

Fish being landed at Al Khawbah, Yemen Red Sea. November 1985

Livelihood Compliance with Principles of Ecosystem Approach and CCRFAssessment Questionnaire

A) ECOSYSTEM APPROACH COMPLIANCE

No Principle (0-10) Score Clarification

Value Weight V x W

1 Public participation Public participation underpinning the livelihood.

2 Delegation of management Management of use by the user.

3 Transboundary effects Livelihood takes note of transboundary effects.

4 Economic context Livelihood secures employment and wealth particularly in

vulnerable and poorly represented groups.

5 Conservation/sustain-able

use

Livelihood and the biological resources that support it are

sustained.

6 Carrying capacity Livelihood operates within the carrying-capacity of the

biological resources that sustain it.

7 Spatial and temporal Livelihood operates within objective spatial and temporal

boundaries.

8 Long-term management The livelihood operates in the context of long-term

management.

9 Adaptive management Livelihood can continue when subject to adaptive

management (is adaptive and resilient).

10 Sustainable development Livelihood supports sustainable development particularly in

vulnerable and poorly represented groups.

11 Evidence based Livelihood is knowledge based and is an extension of

traditional knowledge/use

12 Participatory As for principle 1.

B) FAO CODE OF CONDUCT FOR RESPONSIBLE FISHERIES COMPLIANCE


Value Weight V x W

1 Rights and responsibilities Clear compliant co-management agreement underpinning

the livelihood.

2 Ecosystem based

management and

intergenerational equity

The conditions of the co-management agreement in respect

of the livelihood deliver conservation.

3 Conservation Co-management agreement with respect to the use of

livelihood assets delivers conservation.

4 Knowledge based

including traditional

knowledge

Livelihood is knowledge based and is an extension of

traditional knowledge/use?

5 Precautionary approach If there is insufficient knowledge concerning the livelihood

and its effects do the benefits sufficiently justify the risks?

6 Environmentally safe

fishing gear

Gear is environmentally safe/non-destructive, minimise by

catch etc.

7 Environmentally safe fish

processing and distribution

Waste can be disposed in a safe manner. No there any

conflict with existing use of resources or resource users.

8 Habitat protection and

rehabilitation

No loss of habitat. Habitat rehabilitated.

9 Coastal Zone Management Livelihood activities take place in appropriate CZM zones.


B) FAO CODE OF CONDUCT FOR RESPONSIBLE FISHERIES COMPLIANCE (cont.)


Value Weight V x W

10 Monitoring control and

surveillance – vessel

monitoring system

Mechanisms for independent verification of compliant/non-

compliant use of livelihoods assets are in place.


surveillance – fishing data

Data will be collected on fishing catch and effort for

livelihoods involving biological resources?


surveillance –

transboundary

Mechanisms are in place to ensure that ex-situ and in-situ

activities that are beyond the control of the livelihood are

controlled.

13 Participation in laws and

policies

Livelihood complies with the legal and policy framework.

14 Trade Livelihood complies with ethical and international legal

trade requirements.

15 Dispute resolution Grievance redress mechanism in place in respect of dispute

resolution..

16 Public participation Grievance redress mechanism in place in respect of public

participation.

17 Working and living

conditions

Working and living conditions comply with ethical

standards.

18 Artisanal and small-scale

fisheries Rights

Artisanal and small-scale fisheries not disadvantaged and

preferably strengthened by the livelihood.

19 Aquaculture and EIA Aquacultue subject to initial environmental screening and

if thresholds exceeded to approval following a full ESIA.


Community wider consultation meetings for selecting priorities from the identified list of potential ALSs

Potential ALSs identified through consultation meetings with Key Informant Experts and Local Community Leaders

Identification of Alternative Livelihood Options (ALSs)


Support identification and execution of demo livelihood subprojects toreduce pressure on over-exploited resources

Top Priority ALSs for the two pilot sites


Support identification and execution of alternative livelihood subprojectsto reduce pressure on over-exploited resources

Dungonab & MograsamIsland MPA (Sudan)

Fishing Gears Maintenance Workshop

Salt production and diverse households small scale products

Glass-bottom Boat and diving tourism

Wadi-el_GemalHamata MPA (Egypt)

Ecotourism Diversification & Enhancement

Glass-bottom Boat Tours Operation

Bedouin Camping Site and Cultural Center

Legislation/Policy/Management gaps assessed considering EA principles;follow up National revision processes are being supported.

Focused training on EBM applications provided; Guidelines tailored to theregion is being finalized with lessons learned integrated as case studies

Alternative livelihood subprojects identified and prioritized throughcommunity consultation process; development of subproject documentsand required arrangements in progress; technical support need beprovided following establishments.

Sustainability and exit plan shall consider sustaining established activities,linkage to building resilience for CC adaptation, other relevant nationalstrategies (e.g. Biodiversity, Food Security); and PERSGA Program.

Share lessons learned: application of Ecosystem Approach principles in MPAs zoning planning & management; Legal and policy review process; Assessment and development livelihood sources and options Protocols for protection of fish spawning aggregations

SEM Project Midterm Review (March 2016)

Activities2016 2017

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Support national processes for revision of fishery legislation and policies

National reports validation workshops

Support follow up national committees, coordination and advocacy Legislation and amendment proposals finalized and put into national approval track

EBM capacity building of local user groups

Regional workshops for training of trainers

National training in the member states

Case studies incorporated in regional manual

Support Implementation of livelihood subprojects at the pilot sitesFinalize subprojects’ documents for the selected subprojects at the 2 pilot sites

Focused on hand training on subprojects

Equipment/ work establishment and operation of subprojects

Follow up subproject and technical support

Regional workshops and visits at pilot sites to exchange experience and lessons learned

Sustainability exit plan

Quarterly / Annual Progress Reports Q Q Q A Q Q Q

Final evaluation

Revised Workplan for SEM components 2016-2017, e.g. component (2)

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