SouthEastAsia Fishers for JusticePepe TanchulingCoordinator

Reality Given in FisheriesCommon Property , Open Access Management SystemMost traded Agricultural Product, Biological Limits, Carrying CapacityMost Vulnerable Sector on Changing ClimateConcentration of Poorest PopulationPrecautionary Principle

WTO - Non Agricultural Market Access

Current Issues in NAMA -Deeper cuts for developing countries than developed countries (so where is the S and D for smaller economies?) -Tariff cuts now linked with flexibilitymeaning the greater flexibility you invoke, the greater tariff reduction you will need to do and vise versa --Anti-concentrationis the current provision in NAMA that will essentially prevent countries from producing all supply chain inputs

Regional and National Trade Agreements (ASEAN)0 5 % tariff by 2015Harmonization of product procedures and standardsIntegration to global economySingle marketPredictability of the MarketRECIPE for Trade Liberalization

ImplicationsGovernment Promotion of High Value Fish Species through Aquaculture and Marine culture.heavily dependent to trash fish from capture fisheries

De link small producer to the processing plants, using imported fish for processing and canning plants

ImplicationDual Market ( domestic and International market), two product standards

Overfishing and Overcapacity

Violation of Fishery Rights ,

Poverty

Aquaculture Expansion Mekong Delta (MCD)Shrimp AquacultureCatfish Aquaculture

(Fishstat, 2008)Growth of Fishing & Aquaculture production in Indonesia (1950-2006) KIARA .

a. Kejahatan lingkungan: Pesisir Lampung Citra Satelit 1982Sekitar 80% mangrove musnahIndustrial aquaculture expansion and mangrove degradation KIARA.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED?Where are the fish?

ActionDomestic Subsidy Fish Trading based on Biological LimitsPrioritize development of coastal fisheries, addressing food security and sovereigntyImprove Post Harvest Facilities at the village levelRealize Preferential Rights of Fishers on Coastal Fisheries

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