Posted on December, 12 2012

Participants of the Coral Triangle Fishers Forum have made specific commitments in implementing responsible business practices to address sustainability issues in the Coral Triangle region, such as IUU fishing. Progress and updates on such commitments can be found on this website in the interim, and unless specifically indicated, do not necessarily connote any direct partnership with, or endorsement by, WWF.

The FAO RFLP is working on several IUU-specific activities:

 

Activity	Cambodia	Indonesia	Philippines	Sri Lanka	Timor-Leste	Viet Nam
Support to boat registration systems		Yes			Yes	Yes
Provision of boats and equipment to support MCS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MPA establishment	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes
Concrete anti-trawling barriers	Yes	Yes
Promotion of co-management	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Support for fishery improvement plan (FIP)			Yes
Promotion of traditional natural resource management systems		Yes			Yes
Awareness raising on ecosystems approach to fisheries	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Awareness raising on IUU	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Other highlights include:

• Completion of the national boat census in Timor-Leste with geo-referenced photos of all fishing boats
• Use of SPOT VMS (34 units) to report IUU fishing anonymously to the relevent authorities in Timor-Leste
• Peskador.org launched in Timor-Leste, where data on the national boat census, bathymetry, fish prices and landings, boat accidents, weather, tides, etc., is available in real time
• Support for the establishment of MPAs (legislation,assessment, mapping, boundary demarkation, patrolling, etc.)
• FAO advisory note (supported by RFLP) on anchored FADs to be launched at the APFIC workshop in Danang (17 – 19 September); and
• FAO RAP report on anchored FADs to be launched in October 2012.

Two related documents illustrating ongoing work to improve fisheries management and livelihoods, produced for the APFIC workshop in Danang Viet Nam, 17-19 September, include some IUU elements and are available on the CTFF-II webpage.