Summary of Recommendations of Regional Commissions and Major Meetings in the Near East and North...

NERC-32 For a Resilient and a Food Secure Region

FAO Regional Conference for the Near EastThirty-second Session

24 – 28 February 2014, Rome, Italy

Summary of Recommendations of Regional Commissions and Major Meetings in the

Near East and North Africa on: i) Policy and Regulatory Matters and ii) Programme and

Budget Matters

Agenda Item: NERC/14/5


RECOFI GFCMYear Established

1999 1949Membership

8 member countries 23 Member Countries1 Member Organization

Secretariat FAO part-time secretariat Full-time secretariat

(seven positions) Meetings and workshops organized (2009-present)

21 128Recommendations formulated (2009-present)

1 41Members annual contribution (2013)

40 000 USD 1 708 239 USDLast approved budget (2013)

160 000 USD 1 940 973 USD


The Seventh Session of the Regional Commission for

Fisheries (RECOFI) was held in

Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 14-16 May 2013

The Commission deliberated and made the following main considerations and conclusions on Aquaculture an Capture

Fisheries in the region…


Policy and Regulatory Matters

Affirmed that priority should be given to work on shared stocks, in particular giving due consideration to species supporting fisheries of common interest

Art. 7.1.3 For transboundary fish stocks, straddling fish stocks, highly migratory fish stocks and high seas fish stocks, where these are exploited by two or more States, the States concerned, ….., should cooperate to ensure effective conservation and management of the resources.

This should be achieved, where appropriate, through the establishment of a bilateral, subregional or regional fisheries organisation or arrangement.


Reiterated the relevance of aquaculture as a priority, and agreed on the need for a long-term regional strategy for aquaculture development

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and other regional partners,

Welcomed the opportunity to strengthen cooperation with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

emphasizing the value of effective and viable regional cooperation which should be fostered by RECOFI


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Noted the urgent need to formulate a regional management plan for the narrow-barred Spanish mackerel

and management procedures to reduce shrimp trawling effort



Did not endorse the WGFM advice related to the freeze on new fishing licenses

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Shrimp Trawl

2-a-i Opening/closing dates

2-a-ii Number of vessels by types and size categories

Y Y Y* Y* Y* Y* Y* Y* ~1990

2-a-iii Average tow duration by vessel type/ category

Y** Y** Y** Y** Y**

Average number of tows per day by vessel type/ category

Total number of days at sea by vessel type/ category

Y Y

2-a-iv Catch of shrimp

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y* ~1990

Catch of narrow-barred Spanish mackerel

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Catch of swimming crab, cuttlefish, emperors, groupers, sharks, and rays

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Catch of other finfishes

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

5-a Shrimp species composition

2-a-v Amount of discards

2-a-vi Species composition of bycatch and discard

2-b BRD related information

Gillnets

3-a Number of days at sea

Y Y

Alternative annual efforts

Y Y Y Y Y

3-b Total catch

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y


Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Catch of emperors, groupers, sharks, and rays

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Amount of discards

5-b Species composition of discards

Wire-traps


Y Y


Y Y Y Y Y

3-b Total catch

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y


Y Y Y Y Y Y Y


Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Amount of discards

5-b Species composition of discards

Hook-and-line


Y Y


Y Y Y Y Y

3-b Total catch

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y


Y Y Y Y Y Y Y


Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Amount of discards

Commended the general and genuine commitment by Members to implement theRecommendation on Minimum Data Reporting (effective 1 January 2012) and recognized the need to establish a RECOFI regional database to support regional fisheries management



Programme and Budget Matters

Approved a workplan for the intersessional period focusing on:i) joint assessment of the narrow-barred

Spanish mackerel;ii) establishment of a regional fisheries

management framework;ii) development of a regional programme to

address IUU fishing;iv) formulation of national/regional strategy on

aquatic animal health;v) aquaculture recirculation technologies;vi) risk analysis in aquaculture.


Programme and Budget Matters

Noted that some of the major activities were only possible due to the mobilization of additional resources from the FAO regular programme.

Noted with concern the existing balance of accumulated pending contributions.

Reiterated that Member Countries would have to ensure adequate funding to preserve the work of the Commission, as this is becoming increasingly essential for the sustainability of shared fishery and aquaculture resources in the region.

Reaffirmed the decision made at the sixth session that the Member’s annual contribution would be increased on the condition that outstanding contributions would be settled at the earliest possible date.


GFCM

eneralisheries ommission for the editerranean

www.gfcm.org

Thirty-Sixth Session (Marrakech, Morocco, 14-19 May

2012)Thirty-Seventh Session

(Split, Croatia, 13-17 May 2013)


GFCM binding recommendations on:

Multiannual management plan for fisheries on small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea;

Further measures for the exploitation of red coral;

Mitigation of incidental catches of cetaceans;

Fisheries management measures for conservation of sharks and rays;

Resolution GFCM/36/2012/1 on Guidelines on Allocated Zones for Aquaculture (AZA);


GFCM decisions included: Establishment of a Task Force aimed at

spearheading a reform of the GFCM. An Extraordinary Session of the Commission has been tentatively scheduled in 2014 to adopt a new set of its constitutive texts;

Endorsement of the first GFCM Framework Programme which was proposed as an instrument to collect extra-budgetary resources in support of the field programme;

Strengthening of the Secretariat by recruiting four additional staff members.

The Commission adopted its 2012 and 2013 autonomous budgets at the level of USD 1 805 027 and USD 1 940 973 respectively and endorsed the programme of work of its subsidiary bodies for the same years.

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Selected Issues of Relevance for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Management and Development in the Region

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Apparent fish consumption in 2010 (per capita supply,

kg/year)Regional Average: 11.08 kg/person/year

Global Average: 18.9 kg/person/year


Fisheries Management: sustainability issue

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New and emerging fisheries

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Food Security and Income Generation through Reduction of Loss and Waste in

Fisheries


Initiative on Fisheries Management Cooperation in the Northern Area of RECOFI

(Iran IR, Iraq and Kuwait) Jointly assess marine

fisheries and marine and brackish water aquaculture;

Coordinate research and management work on the shared stocks of silver pomfret, hilsa shad and penaeid shrimps;

Work on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing;

Harmonisation and simplification of trade and market regulations.


1st Regional review of the fisheries and aquaculture

activities in the Tigris-Euphrates

Inland fisheries and aquaculture provide an important source of employment and income for rural communities in the region;

The fisheries and aquaculture natural resource base is deteriorating;

Illegal fishing is an important issue of concern;

Fishermen’s and fish farmer’s associations/cooperatives either do not exist or lack the capacity to effectively provide services, and participatory management needs to be established.


A framework for regional cooperation

Fisheries and aquaculture resources sustainability;

Fisheries and aquaculture management and planning;

Participatory management through resource users and stakeholders involvement;

Promotion and establishment of regional technical cooperation and dialogue with the purpose of establishing regionally harmonized fisheries and aquaculture management and development actions.


Regional Fisheries Management and Aquaculture Development

Mechanism for the Red Sea and Gulf of AdenFAO/PERSGA Partnership

established to assist coastal countries 2nd Regional Intergovernmental Meeting to Initiate the Establishment of a Fishery Management Arrangement in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden will be held in 2014.


Knowledge of Natural Resources for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture

development


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