Pacific Island Regional

Office

The Pacific Islands Managed and Protected Area Community (PIMPAC) and

Regional Cooperation for Local Near Shore Fisheries Enforcement in

MicronesiaMike Lameier: United States’ National Marine Fisheries

Service and Coral Reef Conservation Program

Pacific Island Regional

Office

Presentation Contents

Part I: • Background on NOAA and PIMPAC• Integration of community based work

to political leaders• Training AreasPart II: • PIMPAC’s Collaborative Enforcement

Training Activities, Scale, Partners and Places

National Marine Fisheries Service National Ocean Service

Pacific Island Regional Office

(Honolulu)

Habitat Conservation

Division

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Where PIMPAC Works

What is Pacific Island Managed and Protected Area Community (PIMPAC)?

1. Community of on-the ground managers collaborating to enhance protected area management

2. Long term capacity building program

is a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members' needs will be met through their commitment to be together.“-Psychological Sense of Community:

Theory of McMillan & Chavis (1986)

“Sense of Community…

Why PIMPAC?

• 2004 workshop-Managers faced similar problems• Limited Resources• Isolated from each other

and trainings• Lead to the 2005

workshop, establishing PIMPAC

Why PIMPAC?

• The Micronesia Challenge (MC)• Started in 2006-30% and 20% by 2020• Greater need for protected

areas/management= greater need for training

Services Provided:• Funding and Coordination

• Training and Technical Support

• Learning Exchanges

• Information Sharing:

• List serve

• Face book

• www.pimpac.org

• Communities• All island national and state fisheries agencies

and NGOS

Micronesians in Island

Conservation-(MIC)

Coordination: All About Partnerships!

Integration of Networks=Success

Community Level: Locally Managed Marine Area Network

Executive Directive Level

Manager Level

Micronesians in Island Conservation-

(MIC)

Head of State LevelMicronesia Chief Executive Summit and Association of Pacific Islands Legislatures

Training Topic Areas

Adaptive Management Planning

Socio-economic Monitoring

Biological Monitoring

P. Houk et al.,. PloS one 10, e0130823 (2015)

Community Based Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)

Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit

Pacific Island Regional

Office

Part II: PIMPAC Enforcement Program

• Scale: Community based• PIMPAC trainers

partnership• Training activities• Opportunities

YAP

Palau PohnpeiChuuk

Western Micronesia

NimpalChannel Conservation Area

YAP

Nimpal Conservation Area

Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) for the Okaw/Kaday community MPA

PIMPAC Compliance and

Enforcement Mentors/Trainers

(*only possible through partnerships and collaboration)

• Former Congressional Delegate, based in Koror

• PIMPAC Trainer for Enforcement

• Co-founder of Alliance of Palau Conservation Officers

• Executive Director of local NGO (HOPE)

• Advisor for One Reef• Helen’s Reef MPA

Wayne Andrew(Hatohbei (Tobi) State, Palau)

Captain Joey A. TerlajeSupreme Court, Guam USA

PIMPAC Enforcement Trainer

Sgt. Mark AguonGuam Department of Agriculture

Division of Aquatic and Wildlife ResourcesLaw Enforcement Section

“effectively conserve at least 30% of the near-shore marine resources and 20% of the terrestrial resources across Micronesia by 2020.”

NYT article cover photo: The Sheng Chi Huei , a Taiwanese fishing vessel. Credit: Benjamin Lowy/Reportage, for The New York Times. February 17th 2016

April 2011: Regional Training activities and outcomes

• Legal Frameworks• outreach/communications;

record keeping; report writing;

• surveillance planning; navigation and safety/survival at sea,

• Boarding and inspection techniques,

• program/staff management,

• enforcement planning and SOPs

April 2011: Regional Training activities and outcomes

Outcomes:• Established a regional collaborative

enforcement network• Improved officers(33) Knowledge,

skills and abilities• Draft enforcement plans• Guam Palau exchange • Plans for Conservation Enforcement

Course at Guam Community College

July-August 2011: Catalyzing Enforcement Collaboration: Guam/Palau Learning Exchange

July 2011: Guam/Palau Learning Exchange activities and outcomes

Activities:• Survival/self defense, • Jet-Ski/Boat Operations (40

hrs Certification,)• Field Interrogations, Court

Room Testimony, Surveillance/Covert Operations,

• Property Control • Developing SOP's • Tactical Boat Ops, • Search and Rescue, • Vessel Boarding's, and • land and sea patrols

July 2011: Guam/Palau Learning Exchange activities and outcomes

Outcomes:• Strengthened the bond with Guam’s

officers• Saw the need for more training• Recognition from Guam Leadership:

Enforcement Chief• Guam’s significant contribution

Micronesia Challenge

Yap

Summer 2011-Yap Remote Atoll Enforcement Training

• Guam officers trained 25 participants from remote atolls in Palau, Yap, and RMI

• Case studies from individual sites

• Visit to Ngulu Atoll, Yap• Focused on use of radar

technology

Additional PIMPAC Trainings

• Palau: November 2012-SOPs/Planning• Pohnpei June 2012: Enforcement/Compliance• Marshall Is: Sept 2012: Shark Sanctuary• Kosrae :May 2013: A.G.- police academy(2014)• Marshall Islands: August 2013• CNMI: March 2014 Enforcement Officer Training• Chuuk: July 2014: Enforcement Training(Shark S.)• Sept 2014 Enforcement Tool Kit Field Test• Palau May 2015 and February 2016 (APCO)

Alliance of Palau Conservation Officers (APCO)

Alliance of Palau Conservation Officers (APCO)

Guam Community College’s Conservation Enforcement Certificate program

• Dept. Criminal Justice, Starting this summer

• Collaboration with Guam Enforcement Officers

• Institutionalize training opportunities for the region

Contact: Michael.Lameier@noaa.govWWW.PIMPAC.ORG

Kia ora! Mahalo!, Kammagar!, Kommol !

Kulo!, Kalahngan!, Fa’afetai! Kinisou ! Sulang!

si Yu'us Må'åse‘!Thank you!

The End

Catalytic Capacity-Building“I learned that highly effective capacity-building is . . . about creating an environment that encourages and supports continuous learning and improvement in individuals, organizations, networks, and eventually, the communities and societies they seek to change. . . . It is about consciously creating conditions so that each success sparks many others. It is about starting chain reactions for change. This is what I call catalytic capacity-building.”

-Audrey Newman, Built to Change: Catalytic Capacity-Building in Nonprofit Organizations.2001