
Octopus closures to sustainable marine resource management planning, promoting equitable governance of tenure (including women and youth) in small-scale fishing communities in Zanzibar and in Tanzanian Coast through extending successful pilot initiatives.
PROGRESS:
10 %
ACHIEVEMENTS:
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Registration of project with Registrar of NGOs
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Situational analysis: scoping and mapping exercise in 12 villages of mainland Tanzania
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Meetings and presentations of project to Director of Fisheries of mainland Tanzania in October and to Ag Director of Fisheries of Zanzibar in November
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E-workshop on EU Financial procedures with EUD of Dar-Es-Salaam
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Finalizing recruitment of project staffs to be on board in January 2021
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Visits to Pemba and Unguja districts of Zanzibar for preparation of scoping and mapping exercise in January 2021
DURATION:
August 2020 - August 2024
BUDGET:
599,985.00 euros
IMPLEMENTER:
Mwambao Coastal Community Network Tanzania
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EXPECTED OUTPUTS:
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Harmonised, enhanced and more effective local, national and bilateral fisheries co-management regimes established.
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Databases and data sharing protocols for storage and analysis established.
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A cost-effective programme for long-term ecological monitoring of fish stocks established.
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Capacity building needs assessment conducted and plan for capacity building of stakeholders developed.
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Basin-wide co-management regime for the transboundary fisheries enacted.
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Bilaterally agreed and five-year costed implementation plan for the IFMP of the two basins.
ACTIVITIES:
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Establish bilateral cooperation for sustainable management of the two basins, BASRB and ROLT.
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Support the establishment and implementation of fisheries co-management system.
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Capacity building of fisheries stakeholders.
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Socio-economic assessment and support to gender inclusivity and ITK integration.
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Monitoring and evaluation of planned activities.
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Support to cross-border fisheries management for the respective basins.
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Facilitate the interoperability of systems and exchange of data across the two basins.
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Support improvements and harmonisation of fisheries assessment, data collection and data management.
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Support to climate change smart fisheries.
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Support capacity building for bilaterally harmonised enforcement, compliance and prosecution procedures in the fisheries sector.