Post on 25-Jan-2017
Assessing the Effectiveness of FCZs
Presented by: Shaara Ainsley (shaaraainsley@fishbio.com) | Fisheries Biologist
Erin Loury (erinloury@fishbio.com) | Fisheries Biologist
Why Assess the Effectiveness of FCZs?
• Considerable effort in establishing FCZs, but this alone does not guarantee success• Assessment is necessary to
understand if FCZs are performing as desired• Situations may change over time
and errors may be made; assessment can help learn from experience
Assessment is a Key Step in Fisheries Management
“As [FCZ] objectives are defined and agreed upon by the local community, it is important that the community members are involved in periodically reviewing the effectiveness of regulations in meeting these objectives.”
Benefits of Effectiveness Monitoring
• Benefits to the Community:• Knowledge production to inform co-management• Efficient use of enforcement and committee efforts
• Benefits to the CSO Partners:• Donors want to see effectiveness monitoring• Assessments can identify strengths to build on and
weaknesses to improve upon
• Benefits to Government:• Contributes to successful co-management • Multinational agreements with targets (e.g., Sustainable
Development Goals, Convention on Biological Diversity Targets – global and national)
What is an “Assessment”?
• Assessment is a process of gathering information on how well an FCZ is performing• Assessments should be conducted
regularly, not just one time• Assessment can be done through
measuring indicators of effectiveness• Indicator: A specific qualitative or quantitative variable
directly linked to management goals and objectives used to measure the status and trends of management effectiveness
Examples of Existing Assessment Frameworks MARINE
Pomeroy et al. 2004“How is your MPA doing?”
TERRESTRIALRodriguez-Rodrigues and
Martinez-Vega 2012“System for the Integrated Assessment of
Protected Areas (SIAPA)”
Developing Goals and Objectives
• Goals: Broad statements about the long-term conditions, like a mission statement
• Objectives: specific, realistic, measurable descriptions of what will be accomplished to reach the goals• Example
• Vision: The aquatic biodiversity of the FCZ is healthy and being protected, and fisheries resources outside of the FCZ are abundant
• Goal: Individual species are protected inside the FCZ
• Objective: Probarbus spp. abundance is increased or maintained
• Goals and objectives may differ for each FCZ and should be specific to context
• Often developed through a participatory process• Gather stakeholders and define a shared “vision” of a
successful FCZ• Use this vision to develop a list of goals• Use list of goals to develop specific objectives
• Regularly re-examine and revise as necessary through the assessment process
Developing Goals and Objectives
Clear goals and objectives are an essential starting point for selecting
indicators of effectiveness
Criteria for Useful Indicators
From Pomeroy et al. (2004)
Criteria Definition
Measurable Able to be recorded and analyzed in quantitative or qualitative terms
Precise Defined the same way be all people
Consistent Not changing over time so that it always measures the same thing
Sensitive Changing proportionately in response to actual changes in the attribute or item being measured
Simple Simple indicators are generally preferred to complex ones
Example: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total value of all goods and services produced in a country, and it is considered an indicator of economic growth
How do you use an indicator?
Goals and Objective
s
- Biophysical Indicators
- Socioeconomic Indicators
- Governance Indicators
Metric/Measuremen
tMethodology
Focal Species Abundance is Increased
or Maintained
Catfish Abundance
Number of Catfish per
Trap per Hour
Trap Surveys
How do you use an indicator?
Food Security is
Enhanced or Maintained
Perceptions of Fish and
Other Aquatic
Food Availability
Opinions of FCZ
Effects on Aquatic
Food Availabilit
y
Household
Interview Surveys
Effective Legal
Structures and
Strategies for
Management Maintained
Enforcement Coverage
Number of FCZ Patrols Undertaken Per Month
Review Patrol
Logbooks; Interview
Enforcement Teams
Goal/ Objective
Indicator Metric/ measurement Methodology
Conclusions
• Considerable effort goes into establishing FCZs, but establishment alone does not ensure successful conservation and management of resources• FCZ Assessments can benefit communities, CSO
partners, and the government• Clear goals and objectives are essential for selecting
appropriate indicators • Useful indicators should be: measurable, precise,
consistent, sensitive, relevant, simple and understandable • Indicators are used to measure FCZ success towards
achieving its ecological, socioeconomic, and governance objectives