This month, USAID Oceans presented the world’s first known sub-regional fisheries management plan at the Coral Triangle Initiative for Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security’s (CTI-CFF) Fourteenth Senior Officials Meeting (SOM-14) in Manila, Philippines.
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On October 18 -20, USAID Oceans participated in the 7th Gender in Agriculture and Fisheries (GAF7) Conference, where it launched a new Gender Research Training Handbook and convened its learning site gender grantees.
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On October 29-30, 2018, USAID Oceans joined members of government, private sector, and philanthropists in Bali, Indonesia for the fifth Our Ocean Conference. Commitments made by USAID Oceans partners, including the Government of Indonesia, illustrate a growing commitment across the public and private sectors to protect Southeast Asia’s waters and its global resources.
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USAID Oceans conducted a second installment of at-sea data capture technology and provided technical assistance to its First Mover partners in Bitung during October 22- 26, 2018. The installed Pointrek technology is a two-way communication vessel monitoring system (VMS) with real-time catch reporting that enables fishers to capture seafood traceability data directly at its point of catch.
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As part of USAID Oceans’ critical research phase that informed program approaches and intervention design, gender analyses were conducted in the program’s learning sites that identified key gaps, issues, and recommendations for more equitable fisheries value chains.
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As is common across many countries in Southeast Asia, in Laos women play a key role in the processing and marketing of fish. Recognizing the importance of gender roles and equity in the fisheries sector, in early 2018 the Laos Department of Livestock and Fisheries (DLF) requested support from USAID Oceans to conduct a National Training Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in Livestock and Fisheries Management and Development.
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Over the last two years, USAID Oceans has been working with regional partners to develop the Sub-Regional Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) Plan for Managing Transboundary Fisheries in the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape; the first known sub-regional EAFM plan in fisheries management literature.
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USAID Oceans convened its 3rd Annual Regional Technical Working Group (TWG) Planning Workshop, July 16-18, 2018, in Bangkok, Thailand. Held at the timely juncture of USAID Oceans’ program mid-point, the workshop sought to elicit inputs and guidance from TWG members for the development of a set of regional guidelines on the adoption and use of electronic catch documentation and traceability systems that support sustainable fisheries management, human welfare, and leverage public-private partnerships.
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USAID Oceans participated in the Make for the Planet Competition, organized by Conservation X Labs, held from June 24 -28, 2018, at the International Marine Conservation Congress in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The multi-day Make for the Planet competition invites conservation experts to pitch challenges to teams of inventors with various areas of expertise to create solutions for global biological conservation.
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USAID Oceans made leaps forward this month in establishing full-chain seafood traceability with the installation of technology to bring small-scale fishers online in the Philippines. With partner, the Futuristic Aviation and Marine Enterprises (FAME), USAID Oceans installed 30 small-scale vessel transponders with “First Mover” fisherfolk and five connection gateways that bring connectivity to remote and at-sea areas surrounding the program’s General Santos City learning site.
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