Science Forum Day 1 - Anne-Maree Schwarz - Community based management of SSF in Solomon Islands

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Community based management for improved resilience of small scale fisheries-

Solomon Islands

WorldFish Center-Solomon IslandsAnne-Maree Schwarz


Background

• Focus-management for resilience of SSF

• Multiple projects around this theme

• Participatory Adaptive Management Framework (PDAM) for diagnosing and managing SSF (Andrew et al. 2007)

• Well defined customary rights and traditional knowledge = a conducive environment for community based resource management (CBRM)

• Learning by doing, organising lessons learned, development of new methods defining and refining indicators of sustainability and resilience were compatible.

• Testing the PDAM framework through CBRM


Where we work


Action Research

• Work with communities to

– identify sources of vulnerability that affect fisheries

– identify actions leading to the development of community-based management plans and implementation of adaptive management

• Work with national and provincial government

– Supporting structures


DiagnosisGetting to know each otherAwarenessDefining the fisheryIdentifying elements of vulnerability

Identifying entry points for managementWho is involved Governance StructuresManagement goalsRules, enforcement

Adaptive ManagementManagement PlanIndicatorsMonitoring

Interpreting the PDAM framework


Indicators and monitoringParticipatory process for selection of biological and/or social indicators and thresholds.

Monitoring example: CPUE

Catch thresholds are identified based on local knowledge to define whether resources are

1. Meeting needs2. Not meeting needs3. In crisis Dashboard” approach provides a tool for the management committee to review management measures in a structured manner.


People directly impacted

Management Plan

Monitoring

Kia 255 2005-2008 Sea cucumber abundance, fisheries centre records

Jorio 1264 2006-2009 CPUE, social indicators

Dovele 566 2008-2011 CPUE, social indicators

Toumoa 270 2008-2010 CPUE, social indicators

Kariki 200 2010-2011 observational

Lau Makwanu 295 2008-2010 CPUE, social indicators

Lau Makwanu Adasulia 247 2009-2011 CPUE, social indicators

Status of CBRM

External threats

CRP 1.3 • What are effective models to scale-out

innovations in CBRM to ensure development impact beyond the direct beneficiaries of the project.

• How do innovations spread among local and larger scale formal and informal social networks ?

• What are appropriate indicators of success for national CBRM programmes and what does an impact assessment programme look like?

• Resilience outcomes?

• How can we effectively consider the multiple sources of vulnerability that are external to the fisheries domain?

Science Forum Day 1 - Anne-Maree Schwarz - Community based management of SSF in Solomon Islands

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