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Update of JICA Fisheries Related Activities in the Pacific. SPC HOF8 Meeting Noumea, New Caledonia 6 March, 2013 Kazuo Udagawa JICA. Outline. JICA Regional Fisheries Cooperation Strategies Fiji Milkfish aquaculture, GAU Island comprehensive development
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Update of JICA Fisheries Related Activitiesin the Pacific SPC HOF8 Meeting Noumea, New Caledonia 6 March, 2013 Kazuo Udagawa JICA
Outline • JICA Regional Fisheries Cooperation Strategies • Fiji Milkfish aquaculture, GAU Island comprehensive development Support FLMMA and Reef enrichment initiatives of FD • Vanuatu Grace of the Sea Phase 2 • Tonga Coastal Resource Management • Palau Capacity enhancement project for coral reef monitoring • Regional Training • USP Marine Studies Employers’ Needs survey
Regional Program in the Pacific • Objective: The livelihood of rural coastal communities of the Pacific region will be improved and sustained through optimal and responsible use of coastal aquatic resources • Main target group: Rural coastal communities, who rely mainly on coastal aquatic resources for their living
Program Strategies • Assist both peoples’ initiatives and fishery authority’s supportive actions on sustainable use of coastal aquatic resources • Contribute to the reduction of rural disparity –preferential support to the communities in the outer islands/atolls and other remote rural areas • Holistic assistances for the coastal communities - Include non-fishery activities that contribute sustainable livelihoods of coastal communities-
Partnership Program for Assistance for the Sustainable Rural Development and Governance on Gau island in Fiji
Vanuatu: The Project for Promotion of the Grace of Sea in Coastal Communities Phase2 < Project Purpose >Community-based coastal resource management is effectively practiced at target areas through adequate technical assistance from the Vanuatu Fisheries Department (VFD)
Implementation Process of the Project Verification activity for tentative CBCRM Plan
No. of Household 14~100 No. of Household 3~90 Target Communities No. of Household 34~136 *As a whole, the community population tends to have been increasing in recent 3 years.
Memorandum of Understanding Between The Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystem Division of The Secretariat of The Pacific Community and Japan International Cooperation Agency on Japanese Technical Cooperation for Promotion of Grace of the Sea in the Coastal Villages (Phase 2) in The Republic of Vanuatu
Palau Capacity enhancement project for coral reef monitoring Project Purpose: Technical Capacity of PICRC is enhanced in monitoring required for management of MPAs
TongaCoastal resource management and development Contents of the Draft SMA Management Plan • Capacity Building • Establishment and Management of SMA • Alternative Income Generation Activities for SMA Local Communities • Monitoring and Evaluation
Substitute Income Generation Activities to Coastal Community
Training for Fisheries Extension Officersin Island Countries
Arigato Thank you Very Much Merci Beaucoup