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The Coral Triangle Fishers Forum: Market-based Partnerships for Managing Bycatch

The Coral Triangle Fishers Forum: Market-based Partnerships for Managing Bycatch. Keith Symington and Dr. Lida Pet-Soede WWF Coral Triangle Program. WWF Coral Triangle Network Initiative. Sustainable Fisheries Trade. Market Incentives: Certified Fisheries; Sourcing Arrangements.

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The Coral Triangle Fishers Forum: Market-based Partnerships for Managing Bycatch

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  1. The Coral Triangle Fishers Forum: Market-based Partnerships for Managing Bycatch Keith Symington and Dr. Lida Pet-Soede WWF Coral Triangle Program

  2. WWF Coral Triangle Network Initiative

  3. SustainableFisheries Trade Market Incentives: Certified Fisheries; Sourcing Arrangements Broader support and Improved policies Best Practices; political commitments and mainstreaming Create win-win solutions Create demand on sustainable fisheries products Work with fishermen (Research, testing & Training) Onboard observer Bycatch- reducing gear Fishing method adjustment Understanding and build the trust Stakeholders involved Onboard Observers Consumers Fishing method Markets Fisher Outreach Support from Stakeholders

  4. Some Industry Partnerships • Anova Group • Luen Thai Fishing Ventures • Culimer BV • North Atlantic Seafood • Nissui • Edeka Group • ISSF

  5. CTFF Rationale • Need for regional-level dialogue • Gather regional fishers and industry to: • learn more about the issues that affect them • gain common ground in achieving sustainable and equitable fisheries • Theme of first CTFF meeting: Market-based Partnerships for Responsible Fishing Practices • Peer-to-peer dialogue

  6. Stakeholder Participation and Representation • Approx. 120 participants • Over 20 fishing associations and companies • Offshore and artisanal tuna longline, hand line, purse seine, set nets, bottom trawl, shrimp and mixed-species trawl • 10 International and regional bodies • 15 countries

  7. Results • New partnerships and collaborations e.g. • Luen Thai Fishing Ventures: data sharing, Circle Hook adoption, supply chain linkages (sourcing) • IKHLAS: knowledge and information sharing with local fishers • Several fishing companies join WWF Seafood Savers program • Various commitments to explore MSC certification and to address specific bycatch issues with government authorities • Technical solutions widely discussed and advanced

  8. CTFF Communiqué List of 18 recommendations including: • Establishing more vertical integration along supply chain on bycatch issues • Mainstreaming use of circle hooks and linking them (and other gear alternatives) to seafood consumer campaigns • Seafood Savers program • Spatial-temporal measures

  9. Next Steps • CTFF as a formal network and communication channel • Secretariat of the Coral Triangle Initiative to present recommendations to its members • Briefing notes to national and CT6 government and other regional bodies • Further develop and refine specific supply chain partnerships on bycatch • Seafood Savers program

  10. Acknowledgements

  11. Thank You! Keith.symington@wwfgreatermekong.org www.panda.org/coraltriangle/fishersforum

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