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Achieving Sustainable Fisheries
Community-Based Certification (CBC) of the Blue Crab Fishery of the Northeastern Guimaras Strait,
Negros Occidental, Philippines:Testing the Waters
Katrina Jayme, Filemon Romero, Jose InglesWWF-Philippines
Talisay City
BACOLOD CITY
Silay City
E.B. Magalona
Victorias City
Negros Occidental
Iloilo
Introduction
Certification
An incentive scheme using market forces to promote sustainable resource use.
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Certification
A certification scheme based on the MSC Principles & Criteria, using the Fish Forever eco-label to distinguish certified products.
MSC Principles & Criteria (MSC P&C)
1: Status of target stock
2: Status of ecosystem
3: Management system, operational activities
Community-Based Certification
Community-Based Certification (CBC) Approach
Step 1: Site selection
Step 2: Establishment of community relations
Step 3: Biological assessment and market analysis
Step 4: MSC Certification and marketing
Results & Accomplishments
Enforcing Factors:
Blue crab is country’s 6th most important export; Negros Occidental is in highest blue crab producing region
Market sensitive to certification
Existing transaction records
Existing POs & FARMCs
Sympathetic LGUs
Concerns:
Gaps in knowledge base
Ecosystem links unexplored
No management system
Step 1: Blue crab fishery selected as pilot site for CBC
Results & Accomplishments
Communities actively participating in resource management
FARMCs politically empowered
Provincial-wide blue crab fishery ordinance initiated
Gear conversion from gillnets to crab pots
Community-based enforcement
Certification introduced
Step 2: Community readied for MSC certification using CBCRM
Results & Accomplishments
Biological and fishery stock assessment indicates overfishing
Factors affecting the fishery: e.g., fishing pressure, exploitation of juvenile crabs, wasteful fishing practices, ghost fishing
Recommended management strategies: e.g., regulate fishing efforts, minimum size, gear conversion
Population and genetic study initiated
Market analysis not completed
PCRA in 10 barangays
Step 3: Biological study conducted; market analysis attempted; more studies needed
Results & Accomplishments
MSC Certification not pursued; assessment could not proceed due to data gaps and lack of management regime
Community-Based Certification Community-Based Coastal Resource Management to prepare the fishery for assessment against certification
Step 4: MSC Certification delayed
Lessons Learned
MSC Certification may have better potential as a reward vs. motivator for sustainable fishery management
Insufficient data made it difficult to choose one site over the other in terms of potential for certification
Main challenge in CBC is community mobilization, integration
Clamor for enforcement overshadowed certification
Direct economic benefits from certification uncertain
Recommendations
CBCRM as main strategy to prepare fishery for assessment
Define role of the community
Determine management body
Collaborate with trade related institutions
Investigate other consumer-oriented programs
Investigate other assessment models
Develop community-based MCS
Thank You
Community-Based Certification (CBC) of the Blue Crab Fishery of the Northeastern Guimaras Strait,
Negros Occidental, Philippines:Testing the Waters
Katrina Jayme, Filemon Romero, Jose InglesWWF-Philippines