Sustainable management of small-scale coastal fisheries in Northern Madagascar

PROGRESS:
 

20 %

ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Project installation completed

• Acquisition and delivery of vehicle in Antsiranana

• Sensitization/education campaign  targeting 10 local schools.

• Communication and Visibility (Facebook, Twitter, website, newsletter, T-shirts...) activities initiated

• Training of field staffs on fisheries monitoring protocol at selected sites.

IMPLEMENTER:

C3 Madagascar              

EXPECTED OUTPUTS:

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• High level of awareness of fishing rules and regulations
  Increased motivation for the active management of their respective LMMAs

• Capacity building for fishermen's unions and women's associations

• Establishment of management and monitoring plans
  Capacity building with 300 local fishermen trained in the management and control of marine protected areas (50% women)

• Equality between the number of men and women in participation in the discourse and management of protected areas

• Availability of active management regimes and related fisheries policy documents

• Sharing of good practices resulting from the intervention and associated reports, at the national level to facilitate replication

• Ensuring food safety

• Elimination of threats from migrant fishermen which will strengthen community ownership and control of coastal resources

• Offer of safety margin for the recovery of habitats and fish stocks by LMMAs in the event of natural disasters (cyclones, floods, etc.)

ACTIVITIES:

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• Monthly data collection at landing sites (12 months)
  Socio-economic surveys of households dependent on fishing

• Training of 30 local investigators (fishermen) at the landing sites in each zone

• Regular quality control and evaluation of data collected by the landing site teams

• Development of community fisheries management structures

• Identification of lessons learned when developing the community application program through stakeholder consultation

• Development of a guidance note in collaboration with local fisheries management structures

• Training of 30 junior eco-guards per site focused on fisheries management

• Quarterly social marketing events at each site

• Consultations with community and local management structures. Identification of key areas on which to focus fisheries management

• Development of formal management plans approved by the community

• Consensus reached on the most likely management measure to be successful

• Implementation of measures

• Continuous monitoring of implementation success and impacts on fish stocks and catches

• Collaboration with the MIHARI network to promote information exchange meetings with other LMMAs