Blue Economy Forum November, Bangkok

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1 Blue Economy Forum November, Bangkok

2 WPEA Project Area (Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam)

3 WPEA Region in the WCPFC Convention Area

4 1. Protects, restores and sustains healthy coastal and marine ecosystem services; 2. Generates sustainable, equitable economic benefit and inclusive growth; 3. Integrates approaches between multiple industries and government; 4. Innovates, informed by the best available science Elements for a Blue Economy Source: Whisnant, R., and Reyes, A Blue Economy for Business in East Asia: Towards an Integrated Understanding of Blue Economy. Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA), Quezon City, Philippines. 69 p

5 Sustainable Tuna Fisheries and the Blue Economy Type of Activity Related Industries/Sectors Drivers of Growth Fisheries (primary fish production) Harvesting and trade of marine living resources Secondary fisheries and related activities (e.g., processing, net and gear making, ice production and supply, boat construction and maintenance, manufacturing of fishprocessing equipment, packaging, marketing, and distribution) Demand for food and nutrition, especially protein Trade of seafood products

6 State of tuna fisheries in the EAS region Estimated Tuna Catches (mt) in 2016: INDONESIA(all gears) Skipjack % Yellowfin % Bigeye % TOTAL FMAs 713,714, ,039 65% 103,291 28% 23,514 6% 366,191 FMAs 716, ,416 61% 56,801 36% 4,830 3% 159,047 TOTAL (FAO 71) 336,455 64% 160,092 31% 28,343 5% 525,238 PHILIPPINES Skipjack Yellowfin Bigeye TOTAL MT % MT % MT % MT Purse Seine 89,240 75% 38,418 23% 2,026 2% 129,684 Ringnet 26,475 75% 8,290 23% 636 2% 35,401 HANDLINE 1,954 10% 17,593 86% 850 4% 20,397 HOOK-AND-LINE 5,864 29% 14,188 70% 327 2% 20,379 OTHERS 6,420 71% 2,546 28% 124 1% 9,090 TOTAL 129,953 60% 81,035 38% 3,963 2% 214,951 * PS catch includes catches from PH flag distant water fleet VIETNAM Skipjack Yellowfin Bigeye Albacore TOTAL Longline/Handline 0 16,423 1,115 N/A 17,538 Purse Seine 48,564 6,617 2,918 N/A 58,099 Gillnet 44, ,671 N/A 47,439 TOTAL 93,561 23,811 5,704 N/A 123,076

7 Anthropogenic pressures and threats Pressures Increasing consumer demand for tuna Competition for resources and markets Unsustainable fishing practices, including overexploitation Threats Unsustainable fisheries Declining biodiversity Loss of livelihoods Poor governance and management Climate change and acidification

8 Impact of Climate Change on Tuna Fisheries Climate change likely to affect reginal tuna fisheries by: 1. Increases in average ocean surface temperatures 2. Increasing year-to-year climate variability Potential Impacts: Decline in primary productivity Decline in tuna abundance Spatial redistribution of tuna resources Higher impacts likely on domestic fleets (vulnerable to fluctuations within their EEZs)

9 Progress towards Sustainable Development Goals SDG Target 14.4: By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics Relevant Actions: tuna fisheries Compliance, monitoring and enforcement Science-based fisheries management plans Ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) Market-based solutions, including eco-labelling, traceability, certification

10 Innovative practices supporting blue economy Improvements in data collection (both target and bycatch) Port sampling, landed catch, logbook, VMS, observer programme Improved sub-regional stock assessments Capacity Building Science, compliance and management Development of Harvest Strategies Reference points and harvest control rules being developed in ID, PH, VN FAD management For example, updated Fisheries Code in PH in 2015 Partnerships and donor support WPEA project, NZ Gov t, GEF-financed ABNJ programme, etc. Market-based solutions Tuna supply chain analyses, catch documentation, eco-labelling, FIPs, certification

11 Enabling policies and incentives Regional Fisheries Management Organizations, e.g., WCPFC: Regional collaboration in managing and conserving highly migratory fish stocks National: National Tuna Management Plans developed in ID, PH, VN Combating IUU Fishing Development of Harvest Strategies Mainstreaming EAFM Private sector incentive mechanisms: WPEA project supporting adoption of market-based approaches Fisheries improvement projects (FIPs), e.g., in collaboration with WWF in VN Marine Stewardship Council certification longer term goal Proactive Vessel Register (PVR) Etc.

12 WPEA project portal and M&E system Currently under development

13 Vietnam Philippines Indonesia