TACKLING GHOST GEAR AT SCALE How innovative partnerships can address lost and abandoned fishing gear worldwide www.ghostgear.org
Speakers H.E. Ambassador Peter Thomson - Special Envoy for the Oceans Ms Ingrid Giskes Chair of GGGI, Global Head of Sea Change Campaign for World Animal Protection Dr Darian McBain Director of Sustainability, Thai Union Baihaqi Head of Unit, Research Institute for Marine Fisheries, Indonesia Government H.E. Hans Hoogeveen Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome Mr Dominic Pattinson Deputy Head of Marine Environment in Defra, UK Government Mr Nick Mallos Director Trash Free Seas Programme, Ocean Conservancy www.ghostgear.org
Gear Marking Pilot Study in Indonesian Small-scale Gill Net Fisheries Fayakun Satria, Wudianto, Erfind Nurdin, Andria Ansri Utama, Mahiswara, Tri Wahyu, Baihaqi, Helman Nur Yusuf RIMF-INDONESIA Presented in Side Event OOC, 30 th October 2018: Tackling ghost gear at scale: How innovative partnerships can address lost and abandoned fishing gear worldwide
OUTLINE Background Pilot project in Indonesia Net collection and recycling in Indonesia
BACKGROUND Fishing gear has been abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded since the earliest time when fishing began, but extensive use of low-cost, durable and non-degradable synthetic materials in fisheries worldwide since the 1960s has dramatically accelerated and intensified its impact. Gillnets, pots and fish aggregating devices (FADs) are some of the most likely gear types to become ghost gear, and consequently have the most severe impact on mortality and welfare of marine species Gear marking has been identified as a tool which can assist in the effective management of fisheries, prevent and reduce ALDFG, and combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing Conduct pilot projects to address ALDFG and ghost fishing through marking fishing gear on small-scale gillnet fisheries.
PILOT PROJECT IN INDONESIA MARKER MATERIALS No Markers 1 Metal tag (M) 2 Bamboo tag (B) 3 Wooden tag (W) 4 Coconut shell (C) 5 Yellow plastic tag (P) Septillion fibrecode tag 6 (next project) No Criteria Score 1 2 3 4 1 Pollution effect Very high High Middle Low 2 Easy to unravel Very difficult Difficult Middle Easy 3 Cost of tag Expensive Cheap Very cheap 4 Availability of tag Available in certain places Order Limited Plenty 5 Manufacture Difficult Middle Easy 6 Practical installation Very long Long Fast Very fast 7 Durability of tag Fragile Strong Very strong 8 Impact for net operation (disturb/annoying) Very disturb Disturb Rather Not 9 Safe for fishers Low Middle High Very high 10 Safe for fish catch Not sale Sale 11 Accepted by fishers Not accepted Accepted 12 Easy to monitor Not visible Not clear Clear Very clear
Tight / Rope Materials No Criteria Score 1 2 3 4 1 Enviromentally friendly Very high High Middle Low 2 Cost of ropes Very cheap 3 Availability Available Cheap Available in certain places Expensive Limited Order 4 Practical installation Very fast fast middle difficult 5 Durability Very high High Middle Low 6 Accepted by fishers Yes No Ropes Ø (mm) Rank Pandanus 1.5 1 Sisal 1.2 2 Nylon 1.2 4 Nylon 0.75 3
Flag and flash light marker Marker installation Collecting Data Fishing Fleets
RECOMMENDATIONS Adopt and implement gear marking for small scale gillnet fisheries using natural eviromentally-low cost marker tag materials and tag attachments (i.e. Bamboo, natural ropes) Further trials for fibre-code tags and other lightly higher tech methods and expansion of gear marking trials to other types of gear used in Indonesian small-scale fisheries Identify high risk areas or gear types as one focus for preventative measures on gear lost as gear marking alone will not solve problem Co-management of marking scheme with fishing communities such as cooperatives and fisher groups is important - legislation and enforcement may not be appropriate or effective in smallscale fisheries.
OUTLOOK/FOLLOW UP OPTIONS Incentives needed for small-scale fishers to mark gear and retrieve lost gear especially when gear has low value - consider value adding approaches. Introducing fishing gear recycling schemes could be part of future phases of the project
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