Community of Ocean Action #9 Sustainable Fisheries. Cassandra De Young FAO

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1 Community of Ocean Action #9 Sustainable Fisheries Cassandra De Young FAO

2 UN Ocean Conference SDG 14 Communities of Ocean Action 9 COAs To keep up the momentum Monitor and share VCs COA #9 - Sustainable Fisheries Nearly 488 Commitments by 452 members UNDP and FAO are joint focal points

3 Our role as Focal Point As co-focal points, UNDP and FAO are expected to: Assess the progress of Voluntary Commitments interim assessment Encourage new commitments awareness raising and outreach plan Motivate interest and engagement sharing of information

4 A sense of the Sustainable Fisheries Commitments What The COA #9 Sustainable Fisheries Commitments referenced ALL SDG 14 targets And many VC commitments assigned to COA #9 were also assigned to the other 8 COA COA #4 - Marine Coastal Ecosystems Mgmt COA #9 VCs and Overlap with other COAs COA #9 - Sustainable fisheries COA #8 - Blue Economy COA #7 - Scientific Knowhow COA #6 - Ocean acidification COA #5 - Marine pollution COA #3 - Mangroves COA #2 - LOS Implementation COA #1 - Coral Reefs Recognition of the role of the sector in attaining broader goals and the need to work with other sectors to support sustainable fisheries VCs not in COA 9 VCs Common to COA #9 Zelasney and Friedman

5 A sense of the Sustainable Fisheries Commitments What Regarding SDG Target 14.4 on sustainable fisheries improve fisheries management, including through implementing the ecosystem approach to fisheries, eliminate or reduce harmful practices and gear, improve compliance, monitoring and enforcement, create science-based fisheries management plans, reduce by-catch and discards, and provide for eco-labeling, traceability and market-based instruments. In addition, many commitments aim to combat IUU fishing, improve cooperation and available scientific information and expand marine protection to habitats Vierros and Buonomo

6 A sense of the Sustainable Fisheries Commitments What Regarding SDG Target 14.6 on prohibiting harmful fisheries subsidies removal and reduction of harmful subsidies, either directly or through related activities as well as research and information sharing relating to subsidies Vierros and Buonomo

7 A sense of the Sustainable Fisheries Commitments What Regarding SDG Target 14.b on providing access for smallscale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets community empowerment in management of marine resources, improving access to coastal fishing grounds, improving human and institutional capacity and transfer of fishing technologies. Access to markets generally included actions such as improving traceability, certification and ecolabelling as well as access to market-based instruments, and capacity building for fishing communities relating to these actions Vierros and Buonomo

8 A sense of the Sustainable Fisheries Commitments Where 109 VC specifically on fisheries in Asia-Pacific COA #9 BY REGION South Atlantic 2% North Atlantic 17% Indian Ocean 3% Global 22% North Pacific 10% South Pacific 15% Artic Ocean 12% Southern Ocean 19% Zelasney and Friedman

9 A sense of the Sustainable Fisheries Commitments Who COA #9 VC by Type % of total Government 35.7 Non-governmental Organization 22.4 Civil Society Organization 9.7 United Nations Entity 8.8 Intergovernmental Org 7.1 Private Sector 6.7 Academic 3.4 Partnerships 2.4 Philanthropic 1.5 Scientific Community 1.3 Others 1.1 GAP Zelasney and Friedman

10 Update on one FAO COA #9 Commitment FAO COA#9 Voluntary Commitments To increase economic benefits to SIDS through the Blue Growth Initiative Technical assistance on issues related to market access and trade-related aspects Strengthening fisheries governance and States capacities to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing A Blueprint for Re-Building Fisheries Establecimiento de los lineamientos para la creacin de Planes de Ordenamiento Pesquero Firmar la adhesin al AMERP (Acuerdo de Medidas del Estado Rector de Puerto para Desalentar, Mitigar la Pesca Ilegal, No Declarada y No Reglamentada)

11 Strengthening fisheries governance and States capacities to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing Binding 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1993 Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas (FAO Compliance Agreement) 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (UNFSA) 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA) Voluntary 1995 Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (the Code) 2001 International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA-IUU) 2008 International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas (Deep-sea Fisheries Guidelines) 2014 FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Flag State Performance (Flag State Guidelines) 2017 FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Catch Documentation Schemes (VGCDS)

12 Overview of the PSMA requirements and operations

13 Current status of PSMA Agreement came into force on 5 th June days after the deposit of the 25 th instrument with the FAO Director-General As of 30 Oct 2018, 56 Parties (54 countries and EU) have ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to the Agreement

14 FAO GLOBAL (IUU) PSMA AND COMPLEMENTARY INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Capacity development to combat IUU fishing Since 2015, 40 capacity development projects through FAO s Technical Cooperation Programme (e.g. Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand) - One Asia regional TCP project (Bangladesh, Cambodia Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam) FAO is currently implementing a five-year capacity development programme through projects supported by partners and donors, executed at national, regional and global levels. Funding from the EU, Norway, Korea, Sweden and the USA, USD 10 million over 5 years, and some 33 countries. Integration into broader projects (e.g. BOBLME II and ISLME) Support to global and regional partners (e.g. APFIC, BOBP-IGO, SEAFDEC, RPOA-IUU, ILO and IMO)

15 FAO GLOBAL (IUU) PSMA AND COMPLEMENTARY INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Supporting the administration and implementation of the Agreement First Meeting of the Parties (May 2017) Open-ended Technical Working Group on Information Exchange Development of an Assistance Fund Development of an on-line portal Development of a questionnaire to assess implementation

16 FAO GLOBAL (IUU) PSMA AND COMPLEMENTARY INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Promoting the implementation and further development of complementary tools The Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels Voluntary Guidelines for Catch Documentation Schemes

17 And now, on to the Commitments! Thank You!