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" Strengthening fisheries management in ACP states "

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FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT

Support to formulate fisheries management plans for Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago

ACP Fish II – Strengthening fisheries management in ACP states

9 ACP RPF 128 Accounting No. RPR/006/07 – EDF IX

Reference: CAR-1.4-B4c

September 2013

Project implemented by


This project is financed by the European Union Project implemented by

Table of Contents Abbreviations and Acronyms .................................................................................. 2

Executive Summary ................................................................................................. 3

1. Background ......................................................................................................... 6

2. Approach to the assignment .......................................................................... 9

3. Comments on the Terms of Reference ........................................................ 11

4. Organisation and Methodology .................................................................... 12

4.1 Delivery of Terms of Reference (table as below) .................................................................. 12

4.2 Conduct and details of the assignment ................................................................................. 16 4.2.1 GUYANA ............................................................................................................................. 16 4.2.2 SURINAME .......................................................................................................................... 22 4.2.3 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ........................................................................................................ 31

5. Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................ 44

5.1 Guyana ....................................................................................................................................... 44

5.2 Suriname ................................................................................................................................... 45

5.3 Trinidad & Tobago .................................................................................................................... 45

Annexes ................................................................................................................... 47

FTR Annex 1: Terms of Reference .................................................................................... 48

FTR Annex 2: Inception Report ......................................................................................... 49

FTR Annex 3: Guyana documents .................................................................................... 50

FTR Annex 4: Suriname documents .................................................................................. 51

FTR Annex 5: Trinidad and Tobago documents ................................................................... 52



Abbreviations and Acronyms

CARIFORUM Forum of the Caribbean Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States

CFO Chief Fisheries Officer

CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CPUE Catch Per Unit Effort

EAF Ecosystems Approach to Fisheries

FD Fisheries Division (or Fisheries Department)

FMP Fisheries Management Plan

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GUY Guyana

KE Key Expert

MT Metric Tonnes

NBSLME North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem

QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control

RFU Regional Facilitation Unit

SFO Senior Fisheries Officer

SUR Suriname

T&T Trinidad and Tobago

TED Turtle Exclusion Device

ToR Terms of Reference

TT Technical Team



Executive Summary Project outline

This project was initiated to assist three states, Guyana (GUY), Suriname (SUR) and Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), to develop management plans for key marine fisheries, in order to facilitate robust and sustainable management. Three European consultants were stationed, one in each country, for two missions between February and July 2013. The consultants worked with the Fisheries Departments and stakeholders to develop the management plans and then to refine the drafts via a consultation process, including a validation workshop to which all key stakeholders were invited.

The approach adopted for developing each policy was participatory, with attention given to government, non-governmental, private and individual stakeholders. Consultations were carried out via a variety of methods, including individual meetings, participatory workshops and media publicity. In particular, community consultations were held in key, pre-identified fishing communities in each country, to ensure that a wide spectrum of fishing interests could express their views.

The process of management plan development was guided by a Technical Team (TT), made up of senior members of the Fisheries Department/Division and, in Trinidad & Tobago, representatives of other stakeholder organizations. This team met periodically to steer key aspects of the programme. The Fisheries Divisions of each country participated very actively in the process and, together with the technical teams, provided solid and consistent support for the plan formulation and validation process.

Project outputs

For Guyana (GUY), fisheries management plans were prepared for the following fisheries:

the artisanal fishery (mixed gears and species, mainly finfish, some shrimp);

the ‘semi-industrial’ red snapper fishery (Lutjanus purpureus, handline and trap);

the ‘industrial’ shrimp fishery (prawn Farfantepenaeus spp. and seabob Xiphopenaeus kroyeri,

trawl);

the shark fishery (mixed gears and species – shark are taken in the above fisheries but a

separate management plan was prepared in order to conform with recent CITES listings of

some relevant shark species).

For Suriname (SUR), a fisheries management plan was prepared for the whole fisheries sector (sea and coastal inshore). Sectors that were addressed are:

the ‘industrial’ seabob shrimp fishery;

the ‘industrial’ fishery for large shrimp;

the line fishery for red snapper and mackerel;

the ‘industrial’ fishtrawl fishery;

the line fishery for large fish (tuna, and others);

the drift net fishery:

the fyke fishery.

For Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), a fisheries management plan was prepared for the hard-substrate demersal fishery, a predominantly artisanal fishery which targets primarily snappers, groupers, grunts, and spiny lobster, using a variety of gear types.

Comments on the assignment and lessons learned

GUY: Lessons learned from Guyana project



1. Difficulties in timing and organisation made the stakeholder meetings and consultations difficult and slow to organise, resulting in poorer attendance. This problem was addressed for the individual stakeholder meetings (e.g. with government bodies and NGOs) by taking the initiative and contacting individual stakeholders directly by phone. Once informed that a formal letter had been or would be sent to their organisation, they were normally happy to make arrangements to meet over the phone. The problem with the community consultations was more difficult to solve. However, it was partially addressed by arranging additional meetings where participation had been poor – e.g. separate visits by the consultant to Three Door Sluice and to #66 Village.

2. The project’s main counterparts (Addevi Persaud and Seion Richardson) had worked long hours to ensure that the project could move forward. They reported that they found their participation in the project rewarding.

3. More time than initially planned was required to obtain basic fisheries data (estimates of catch and effort) from the relevant Fisheries Department staff. Organization needs to be optimized next time to allow sufficient time to extract and process the required catch and effort data.

4. In relation to project organisation, it should be reported that some elements, such as purchasing and invoicing, were dealt with very efficiently and smoothly. The main counterparts (named above) worked very hard and competently to try and ensure the success of the project. The Validation Workshop was very successful with good attendance, since the lessons of previous consultations had been learned.

SUR : Lessons learned from Suriname project.

1. First, it must be said that the project in Suriname has been very successful, thanks to the great help of the FD staff. Especially the help of Asraf Radjeskumar who was assigned to the project was invaluable. He has helped to organise the Consultation meetings and made sure that fishermen in the fishing communities were informed about the meetings coming up by their local representatives well in time. As a consequence, all meetings had a very high attendance. Formal invitations were send in all occasions but this attendance surely resulted from mouth to mouth communications.

2. In the Terms of Reference it was foreseen to organise 4 consultation meetings. Additional meetings were held (as agreed during the Inception Meeting) in Boskamp and Galibi as these villages are important fishery communities and could not be left out according to the Director of Fisheries. The fact that in Boskamp and Galibi respectively 49 and 21 fishermen participated shows that this was a good decision.



3. During the consultation meetings the participants have provided information on issues that should be included in the FMP. It was explained that the consultant would write the Draft FMP and that a Validation Meeting would be organised in June. Several participants felt that they should be given the opportunity to comment on the draft FMP before the Validation Meeting would take place. Therefore it was promised to these participants to send them the draft well in advance of the Validation Meeting. In a later stage of the project however it was decided by the FD and the consultant that it would be better to discuss the draft FMP in additional consultations. This would allow to discuss directly with the stakeholders, in order to more efficiently take into account important comments on the measures formulated in the draft. It was thought that this would prevent that major issues came up at the validation meeting and that further discussion about them would be conducted. Thus the plan could not be endorsed at the Validation meeting. Consequently, 5 additional meetings were organised in Commewijne, Boskamp, Coronie, Nickerie and Paramaribo. Four of these meetings (with the artisanal sector) were held during the absence of the consultant. The last meeting with the industrial sector was held one week before the Validation Meeting in the presence of the consultant who went to Suriname 10 days earlier than planned before in order to be able to chair this meeting. The FD staff member assigned to the project, Asraf Radjeskumar, chaired the other meetings and notes were taken. When the consultant arrived in Surinam, an additional Technical Team meeting was held and the issues that had arisen were discussed. On the basis of the discussion with the TT, the draft FMP was amended. Also the additional consultation meeting in Paramaribo resulted in several amendments to the draft FMP. Representatives of the seabob shrimp fishery asked for an additional meeting with the consultant and during that extra meeting, several amendments to the plan were agreed on. The lesson learned is that in the initial planning of the project , the second mission in the country was too short. In reality more time was needed to discuss the draft FMP with the FD staff and with stakeholders. It was also clear that the presence of the consultant at the FD resulted in new attention to the project. As a result , most input by TT members was given when the consultant was back in Suriname.

4. The consultant omitted to agree on a deadline for comments on the draft FMP by the FD. The result has been that comments were received In a very late stage. The lesson learned is that a clear deadline should have been set.

T&T: Lessons learned from Trinidad & Tobago

1. During the national consultations and validation workshops, discussion tended to be dominated by several individuals, who often tried to steer the conversation to issues not relevant to the FMP. In many cases these individuals were misinformed about fisheries issues. Diplomacy was needed to get the conversation back on track.

2. The Technical Team was very large (10 members), so it was difficult to schedule Technical Team meetings. It also took long to get comments on the FMP, and there were many comments from the Technical Team and stakeholders (86 pages). As a consequence, the consultant needed more time than planned in the ToR to address all the comments. In future, e ither the Technical Team should be limited to 5-6 members, or the consultant should be given more time to address the comments on the Fisheries Management Plan.

3. More time than initially planned was required to obtain basic fisheries data (estimates of catch and effort), and when the data were finally obtained, problems with data QA/QC resulted in unreliable analyses/interpretations of CPUE/abundance trends. Organization needs to be optimized next time to allow sufficient time to extract and process the required catch and effort data.

4. Very few data exist to support the development of a fisheries management plan for the demersal hard-bottom fishery of Trinidad & Tobago. Stock assessment of grouper and snapper was conducted in the early to mid 1990’s. There are no contemporary size or age data and setting biological reference points will be difficult. This FMP likely rely on biological information from snapper/grouper/lobster fisheries of other Caribbean islands, an approach that must be used with caution.



1. Background

The North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem (NBSLME), including the adjacent area of the Gulf of Paria, extends along northeastern South America from the Parnaiba River estuary in Brazil to the Gulf of Paria, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea that lies between the Venezuelan coast and Trinidad and Tobago. This area is a highly productive ecosystem, with the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers producing extensive plumes which are the main sources of nutrients. The extensive mangrove system along the Venezuelan and Trinidadian coastline represents an important habitat critical for regional fisheries. The main fisheries of the Guianas-Brazil region are shrimp (including four large penaeids and smaller seabob shrimp) and groundfish (red snapper, sea catfish, etc.). Other fisheries include schooling pelagic resources (mackerels, jacks), sharks, and hard substrate demersals (snappers, groupers, lobsters). The NBSLME is commercially exploited by six countries throughout the region, with an estimated annual production of 35,384 MT of shrimp and 36,083 MT of groundfish. While fishing is important, the NBSLME is also known for offshore energy and marine transportation. This area makes an important contribution to the economy of CARIFORUM countries, as it generates income and employment through commercial fishing, recreational activities, and oil and gas exploration and exploitation (Phillips 2011

1).

The direct beneficiaries of this contract are Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. Of these three countries, the most populated is Trinidad and Tobago (255/km2) with the least populated being Guyana (4/km2) and Suriname (3.36/ km2). The per capita consumption of fish protein is significantly higher than the global average in Guyana (57 kg/person), while the other countries range from 15-25 kg/person. The average percent contribution of fishing to GDP is higher for Guyana (6.85), while Suriname’s contribution is 1.80 and Trinidad and Tobago is 0.13. The fisheries are multi-gear and multi-species using artisanal and/or industrial fishing methods with an estimated 17,600 fishermen operating from over 5,177 artisanal/industrial vessels and 268 fish landing sites.

Marine fishing activities in Guyana are directed at exploiting its shrimp resources using shrimp trawlers and its ground-fish resources using wooden vessels and various gear types. The marine fishery comprises the 146 offshore industrial trawl fishery licensed to catch either large penaeid shrimp or seabob (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri). These trawlers measure about 21 m in length and use double outrigger shrimp trawl nets with Turtle Exclusion Device (TEDs) and operate in waters 14-91 m in depth over the seabed of mud, gravel or sand. The artisanal or small-scale fishery sector consists of approximately 1,300 vessels ranging in size from 6 to 18 metres, propelled by sail or outboard or inboard engines, and using gear that include Chinese seine (a fyke net), pin seine (beach seine), cadell lines and handlines, drift seine, gillnets and circle seine. Gillnets are the most widely used gear. The red snapper fishery consists of trap vessels with an average size of 15-20 m and operates in depth of 30 m, and approximately 10 Venezuelan longliners contracted to local fishing companies.

The fishing fleet in Suriname consists of industrial boats (with long trips lasting several weeks) and commercial small-scale artisanal vessels with fishing trips varying between 1 and 12 days. The industrial fleet targets shrimp using trawlers and finfish (snapper, shark, and tuna) using hook and line and longline. In 2010, there were 139 registered trawlers of which 25 were shrimp trawlers, 20 seabob, 29 finfish and 65 snapper handlines. The artisanal fleet of 316 vessels, operates in depths less than 10 m, targets multispecies using multiple gear types (including gillnet, longline, chinese seine, and drag net) to catch primarily sciaenids and marine catfishes. Vessels are “V -shaped” wooden plank boats of two types, open Guyana type boats, 8-14 m long, powered by 25-50 hp outboard engines and a closed decked Guyana type boat 15 m long with 45-80 hp diesel inboard engines.

1 Phillips, T. 2011. Consultancy to deliver the CLME Project causal chain analysis (CCA) revision, CCA gap

analysis and the update of the continental shelf ecosystem Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) Caribbean LME project: Colombia. 64p.



The hard bottom demersal fishery, in Trinidad and Tobago targets mainly snappers, groupers and lobsters off the east coast of Trinidad and the southern coast of Tobago. Other species such as grunts are captured incidentally. Both artisanal and semi-industrial, multi-gear vessels are involved in the fishery. Fishpots are the main gear used for capture of groupers and lobsters while bank lines are used for catching snappers. Over the last 5 years an estimated 340 tonnes of snapper and 24 tonnes of grunt and grouper were landed by the artisanal multi-gear, semi-industrial and industrial trawl fleet of Trinidad. Within the last 3 years the Trinidad artisanal multi -gear fleet landed an estimated 10,500 kg of lobster, valued at 120,063 USD. These statistics are underestimates, as they do not include landings from the semi-industrial multi-gear fleet.

The status of the shrimp and finfish fisheries in the Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago area varies. The shrimp resource is the most important export oriented fishery for these countries. These resources include four larger penaeids (southern pink shrimp, pink spotted shrimp, southern pink shrimp, and southern white shrimp) and the smaller seabob shrimp. Pink spotted shrimp is important to Guyana and Suriname, while brown shrimp is mainly found in the inshore area of the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago. Stocks of brown shrimp are close to being fully exploited, while the pink spotted shrimp is being overexploited in some areas. In the case of seabob shrimp fisheries in Suriname and Guyana, there is no evidence that the stock is overfished and/or that overfishing is occurring (Phillips 2011).

The groundfish resources are red snapper (the most important fishery), weakfish, corvina, and sea catfish. There are signs of overexploitation of the southern red snapper resource due to declining catch rates and a decrease in the size of this species. There are also signs that the corvina is overexploited, similarly the lane snapper, bangamary (Macrodon ancylodon) and sharks are also showing signs of overexploitation. The pelagic resources (mackerels), small coastal pelagic, demersal species and sharks targeted by artisanal fishers in Guyana are highly exploited (Heileman 2008

2).

In all countries, Fisheries Administration falls under the Ministry of Agriculture (Ministry of Food Production in Trinidad and Tobago). In Guyana, the fisheries is regulated by the Fisheries Act (2002) which includes a provision that mandates the Chief Fisheries Officer to prepare and keep under review a plan for the management and development of fisheries. In Suriname, marine fisheries are regulated by the Decree on Marine Fishery, Decree C-14, 1981. The new 1992 fisheries law makes provision for the elaboration of a FMP by the Fisheries Department, which provides details on management issues and proposing management strategies. It also makes provision for national consultations on the FMP and the development of regulations for fisheries management and development. Trinidad and Tobago will soon implement a revised Fisheries Management Act, which will repeal the Fisheries Act of 1916. This revised Act gives consideration to the changing national, regional and international environment for fisheries management and conservation. The Act provides for the development and implementation of fisheries management plans (FMPs), among other things, for the effective management of the fisheries resources of Trinidad and Tobago.

Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago are facing a number of challenges in the management of their fisheries resource: namely, inadequate capacity to implement fisheries policies, development, and management strategies; inadequate institutional capacity and resources to support effective stakeholder participation in fisheries management; insufficient data and manpower for research and management; insufficient staff to fulfil functions and poor communication between levels of management; excessive by-catch and discards and destructive fishing practices; and the continued rise of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, both by local and external vessels threatens stock sustainability, with the countries having inadequate essential resources to police their territorial waters. Despite the challenges facing the sector, there are also opportunities to increase exploitation levels in some fisheries, to increase trade to Europe and North America, to increase access to credit from financial institutions, and improve harvesting and processing practices to internationally accepted standards.

The assignment proposed under these Terms of Reference will support the beneficiary states in the updating or devising of specific fishery management plans to guide the sustainable use of the sector.

2 Heileman, S. 2008. North Brazil Shelf LME. In: K. Sherman and G. Hempel (Eds.) “The UNEP Large Marine

Ecosystems Report: A perspective on changing conditions in LMEs of the world’s regional seas”. UNEP Regional Seas report and studies No. 182. Pp 701-710 Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme.



2. Approach to the assignment

The approach to defining the fisheries management plans has been participatory, as required by the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. The workplan was therefore heavily orientated towards consultation throughout. This was a progressive process, starting with the Fisheries Departments, and then moving on to other agencies and individuals with either a stake in the fisheries or marine environmental sectors, or whose responsibilities overlap with the Fisheries Departments in some way. Finally, the consultation process moved on to the fishing communities themselves, with particular efforts made to ensure that a broadly representative segment of the communities from around the country were directly involved in the formulation and review of the management plans.

The project was directed at a national level by a Technical Team formed of senior members of the Fisheries Department. In Trinidad and Tobago, the Technical Team included representatives from the Fisheries Division (Trinidad), Department of Marine Resources and Fisheries (Tobago), Institute of Marine Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Energy, and a fishermen’s association, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea. Each Technical Team formulated the strategy for implementing the project, and notably for carrying out the consultations. Consultations were mainly carried out via meetings between the consultants and assigned Fisheries Department counterparts (Addevi Persaud and Seion Richardson in Guyana; Shandira Ankiah and Che Dillon in Trinidad and Tobago; Radjeskumar Asraf in Suriname) and representatives of relevant organisations. All potentially relevant stakeholders were invited to participate, but some chose not to. Consultations with fishermen were, however, conducted by means of workshops, which were held with industrial and semi-industrial fishermen in Georgetown and with artisanal fishermen in Georgetown, Essequibo and Berbice.

The output of the stakeholder meetings, along with a brief review of relevant literature, legislation and policy, were summarised for each country in a national discussion paper. The objective of the discussion paper was to sum up the key issues to be addressed in each fisheries management plan, and to ensure that plan objectives would fit appropriately into the national and regional policy context. The discussion paper was not intended, however, to be a formal project output – rather it was a project implementation tool. The content of the discussion papers was reviewed and agreed by the Technical Teams. The discussion papers provided the basis for the approach to developing the fisheries management plans. Separate plans were prepared for each fishery in each country, but were incorporated into a single document for each country. Draft management plans were provided to the Technical Teams at the end of the first assignment in country (late March / early April 2013).

After review by the Technical Teams and other stakeholders (if invited to do so), the consultants returned to their assigned countries in June 2013 for a Validation Workshop. The format of the Validation Workshops was as follows:

Introduction (Minister of Agriculture (Guyana); Senior Fisheries Officer (Trinidad & Tobago);

Director of Fisheries (Suriname)).

Presentation of the draft management plans (consultant)

General question and answer session

Discussion of individual management plans in break-out groups, facilitated by Fisheries

Department staff (Penary discussions in Suriname)

Presentation of conclusions by each group

Final summing up (consultant)

After the Validation Workshop, the consultant took the comments made during the workshop, as well as any final comments from the Technical Team, and prepared the final version of the management plan document.

Working with the Regional Facilitation Unit of the ACP FISH II (RFU), the Fisheries Directorate (FD)’s and team members, the KE1 (team leader) devised a work plan coupled with templates in order to provide harmonised activities and outputs where possible. However, as noted above, the team



members were left relatively free to operate with the autonomy required given their relative isolation from each other and the different styles and interests of their respective states.

The Key Expert team was composed of:

Mark Tupper, Reef Fisheries Management Specialist, based in Trinidad and Tobago, Team Leader, KE1

Jo Gascoigne, Fisheries Management Specialist, based in Guyana, KE2

Bert Keus, Fisheries Management Specialist, based in Suriname, KE3



3. Comments on the Terms of Reference

The team had nine comments on the ToR: eight comments on specific aspects (data limitations and the ecosystem approach to fisheries management) and one general comment on the time frame for review and comment by the beneficiaries. Note that some minor deviations from approach specified in the ToR are proposed.

The project timeline is very short – it was important to make sure that technical teams and key stakeholders had enough time to review the draft policy document before the validation workshop.

The EAF approach is valuable and in the trainings to the staff, the use of EAF in the development of FMPs was explained and highlighted. The team feels however also that in recent years, MSC certifications have been developed as a mean to apply EAF. Therefore, part of the trainings was on the subject of MSC. Instead of a full day training, two half day training sessions were planned in Guyana and Suriname for better retention of information by the participants. In Trinidad & Tobago, a busy travel schedule required training workshops to be held over a single day on both islands.

The ToR mentions 4 consultation meetings for Suriname (Paramaribo, Commewijne, Coronie and Nickerie). At the inception meeting it became clear that there are also important fishery communities in Boskamp and Galibi. According to the FD, these communities could not be left out and should be involved. Since it was not feasible to invite the fishermen from these communities to other consultations, it was proposed to hold 2 additional consultations in these villages which make the total of consultations 6.

The ToR mention 5 consultation meetings for Trinidad & Tobago (Port of Spain, East Coast, South and West Coast, North Coast and Tobago). However, the north coast of Trinidad has no suitable meeting venue and therefore the North Coast and Port of Spain consultations were combined into a single meeting. The ToR mention also 2 validation workshops: 1 for Trinidad, and 1 for Tobago. It was decided to split the Trinidad workshop in 2 workshops (which makes a total of 3 workshops), to optimize the budget and availability of participants.

Comments made during and after the project are included in section 5 – Conclusions and Recommendations.



4. Organisation and Methodology

4.1 Delivery of Terms of Reference (table as below)

Terms of reference

(each of the key activities from the ToR)

How delivered through the assignment (has it been done? Or how has it been met)

Phase 1 Activities

1 Briefing by the ACP Fish II Programme and the FAs in each country to draft and agree on detailed project work plans

Briefings were attended by

1. one KE for each country,

2. KE1/Team Leader (Mark Tupper),

3. ACP Fish II regional coordinator (Sandra Grant), and

4. Project Technical Team.

Briefings were held as follows:

SUR: Feb. 14, 2013

GUY: Feb. 18, 2013

T&T: Feb. 21, 2013

An Inception Report detailing the Inception Meetings and workplans for each country is provided in Annex 2.

2 In consultation with the Technical Teams established by the FAs in Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, meet regularly to review the progress of the project. The Technical Teams are directly responsible for the coordination and providing technical guidance for this project in each country

GUY: Technical Teams met weekly during the first assignment, on either Thursday or Friday morning. Other meetings were held with individual TT members on an ad hoc basis as required.

T&T: The full Technical Team met only once during the first assignment but weekly during the second assignment. However, during both assignments, meetings were held with individuals or subgroups of the Technical Team on an ad hoc basis as required.

SUR: The Technical Team met regularly (nearly every week) and there were frequent (daily) discussions with individual TT members.

3 Consult and collaborate with the CRFM Secretariat and FAO/WECAFC during the execution of this consultancy for accessing key background documents and ensuring a holistic and integrated approach to fisheries management planning in the region

Meetings, teleconferences and/or email communications were held with the following individuals:

Sergio Garcia (CARICOM Secretariat)

Terrance Phillips (CRFM)

Raymon VanAnrooy (FAO)

4 With the support of the Technical Teams, identify, collect, and review national, regional and international documentation and information related to the assignment (e.g. fisheries policy

GUY:

Relevant legislation / policy documents identified as follows:



and legislation documents, draft/existing fisheries management plans, relevant non-fisheries information etc). Conduct field visits to relevant fish landing/processing sites to facilitate development of the management plan.

Fisheries Act (2002)

National Development Strategy (1996)

National Competitiveness Strategy (2006)

Low Carbon Development Strategy (2010)

Food and Nutrition Strategy (2010-2020)

CARICOM Common Fisheries Policy

Landing sites visited:

Georgetown: McDoom (shrimp / red

snapper – landing and processing),

Meadowbank (artisanal, red snapper –

landing and vending), Starbroek - vending

Region 2: Charity (artisanal)

Region 4: Annandale (artisanal)

Region 5: Five-door sluice, Rosignol

(artisanal)

Region 6: Village 66 (artisanal)

T&T:


Fisheries Act (1916)

Draft Fisheries Management Bill (2011)

National Protected Areas Policy (2011)

National Forest Policy (2011)

National Climate Change Policy (2011)

Strategic Action Programme for the

Sustainable Management of the Shared

Living Marine Resources of the Caribbean

and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine

Ecosystems (CLME SAP)

CARICOM Common Fisheries Policy


Erin (South Coast)

Moruga (South Coast)

Bonasse (Southwest)

Icacos (Southwest)

Alcan (Northwest – Multi-gear)

Mayaro (East and North Coasts)



Pigeon Point (Tobago)

Buccoo (Tobago)

SUR:


Draft Fisheries Management Plan 2003

Fish stock protection Act, G.B. 1961 no. 44.

Fisheries Act S.B. 1980 no.144

Fish License Conditions (annual)

Vessel Monitoring System Ministerial order S.B. 2008 no.581Zeevisserijwet (Sea Fisheries Act) 1980


Paramaribo: CEVIHAS Steiger (landing site of industrial fisheries), Waldring steiger (artisanal landing site)

Commewijne ((landing site of artisanal fisheries)

Boskamp (landing site of artisanal fisheries)

Coronie (landing site of artisanal fisheries)

Nickerie (landing site of artisanal fisheries)

Galibi (landing site of artisanal fisheries)

5 Prepare a discussion paper to highlight the main management issues, proposed management measures and to seek feedback from stakeholders during the consultation process on the feasibility of the proposed measures and their suggestion for more effective management

The National Discussion paper for Guyana is attached as Annex 3.a.

For Suriname, separate discussion papers were developed for the industrial (Annex 4.a) and artisanal (Annex 4.b) sectors.

The National Discussion paper for Trinidad and Tobago is attached as Annex 5.a.

6 Consult with key stakeholders including: government ministries and departments, fishermen organizations/cooperatives, stakeholders, NGOs, research institutions and private sector (as identified by members of the Technical Team)

GUY: Stakeholders meetings are outlined in section

4.2.1.

SUR: Stakeholders meetings are outlined in section

4.2.2.

T&T: Stakeholders meetings are outlined in section

4.2.3.

7 Develop/adapt training material and convene training session in each country (1 Guyana, 1 Suriname, 1 Trinidad and 1 Tobago) to sensitize senior fisheries staff on developing FMPs using the EAF approach and to highlight their role in implementing FMP (each of 1 day, indicative number of participants in each training session is 10)

GUY: Two half days training provided covering the

following topics:

introduction to fisheries management

(since most FD staff have limited fisheries

background)

FMPs

the EAF and its use in FMPs

Training included lectures and participatory exercises. 10-12 staff members attended each session (FD staff, including all the Technical Team).

SUR: Two half days training were provided covering



the following topics:

The MSC certification process

The EAF to fisheries management

The development of a FMP

See Section 4.2.2 for attendee details.

T&T: One full day training provided covering the

following topics:

introduction to fisheries management

(since most FD staff have limited fisheries

background)

FMPs

the EAF and its use in FMPs

The workshop was repeated in Tobago. See section 4.2.3 for attendee details.

8 Through the Technical Team, facilitate, organize and make all the logistical arrangements for twelve (12) consultation meetings (each of 1 day, indicative number of participants in each meeting is 25) in the following communities (or as specified by the Technical Team) to ensure input from key stakeholder groups:

Guyana – Georgetown, Berbice, and

Essequibo

Suriname – Paramaribo, Commewijne,

Coronie, and Nickerie

Trinidad and Tobago – Port of Spain

and north coast, Trinidad east coast,

Trinidad south & west coast, and

Tobago

Venues and logistics will be determined by the Technical Team. The Key Experts will travel (hiring a vehicle, ferry, and/or domestic flights) to these consultation meetings and will be accompanied by relevant officer from the FDs. A report will be prepared at the end of the consultation meeting, noting issues raised and decisions made

GUY: Consultation meetings were held as

proposed; however attendance was disappointing despite hard work by FD counterparts: Georgetown artisanal – 7, Berbice – 11, Essequibo – 20 (excluding FD staff members). They were therefore supplemented by additional meetings in Village 66 (Berbice – 4) and Five-door Sluice (Region 5 - 4 but no formal list obtained). Outcomes of the meetings are reported in the stakeholder document in Annex 3.b. SUR: During the inception meeting it was decided to add additional meetings in Boskamp and Galibi being important artisanal fisheries communities. Later in the project is was decided to discuss the draft FMP with the fisheries communities in Paramaribo, Boskamp, Coronie, Nickerie and Commewijne. Consequently in total 11 meetings were held in Suriname. The attendance (first and second meeting) was as follows: Commewijne (19, 11), Boskamp (48, 43), Coronie (19, 10), Nickerie (32, 18), Galibi (21), Paramaribo (24, 18). Outcomes of the meetings are reported in the stakeholder document in Annexes 4.c and 4.d. T&T: Consultation meetings were held as proposed with good attendance, except in Tobago where inclement weather and rough seas forced fishermen to stay home and secure their boats rather then attending the consultation. The locations and numbers of attendees were: Port of Spain and North Coast – 34; South and West Coasts (San Fernando) – 47; East Coast (Mayaro) – 27; and Tobago (Scarborough) – 11. In addition, approximately 20 Grade 8 students (all children of fishing families) from the Servol Mayaro Junior Life Centre, participated in the East Coast consultation. Outcomes of the meetings are reported in the stakeholder document in Annex 5.b.

9 Update/elaborate FMPs for each country using inputs from analysis, reviews, and consultations following international best practices. Submit draft FMP to each Technical Team, CRFM, the RFU, and any other organizations (where necessary) for review before the end of Phase 1

FMPs are provided separately as Annex 3.c (Guyana), Annex 4.e (Suriname), and Annex 5.c (Trinidad and Tobago).



Phase 2 Activities

10 With the Technical Team in each country, review the draft of each national FMP

Comments on the draft FMPs were provided by each Technical Team.

11 For each country, prepare an Information Note on the FMP to be distributed as part of the Validation Workshop and incorporated into a Press-Release

Press releases were prepared for Guyana and Suriname. In Trinidad and Tobago, the concentration of hard-bottom demersal fisheries in remote areas without access to regular media required a different approach. Direct telephone contact and community visits/meetings were instead used to inform stakeholders of the validation workshops.. A poster has been developed and used for communication and visibility.

These materials are given in Annex 3.d (Guyana), Annex 4.f (Suriname), and Annex 5.d (Trinidad and Tobago)

12 Through the Technical Teams organize, facilitate and make all the logistical arrangements (including arrange travel, book and pay for ferry, flights and vehicles for participants as necessary, venue costs) for Validation Workshop in each country to present and review the first draft of the FMP for discussion (1 day, indicative number of participants is 40) in the following communities (or as specified by the Technical Team):

Georgetown, Guyana

Paramaribo, Suriname

Port of Spain, Trinidad

Scarborough, Tobago

Venue and logistics to be determined by the Technical Team

Guyana: Validation Workshop held in Georgetown on 13 June 2013. Participants: 36.

Suriname: Validation Workshop held on 27 june 2013. Participants: 79.

Trinidad: Validation Workshop (north and west coasts) held in Port of Spain on 5 July 2013. Participants: 24. Validation Workshop (south and east coasts) held in San Fernando on 8 July 2013. Participants: 30

Tobago: Validation workshop workshop held in Scarborough on 10 July 2013. Participants: 19

13 Work with the Technical Team to prepare a second draft of FMP incorporating inputs from the Workshop, finalize draft document, and circulate to key stakeholders and the CRFM Secretariat and any other organizations (where necessary) for review

GUY: Final FMP doc provided on July 10, 2013.

SUR: Draft FMP including comments from the

Workshop send to TT on 4 July 2013. Last comments from TT received on 14 August 2013. FMP finalized and sent to TT on 15 August 2013.

T&T: Final FMP doc provided on July 27, 2013.

14 Prepare and submit Final Technical Report including photographic record of the assignment

This document. Photos provided in Annex 3.e (Guyana), Annex 4.g (Suriname), and Annex 5.e (Trinidad and Tobago).

4.2 Conduct and details of the assignment

4.2.1 GUYANA

Technical Team

Denzil Roberts, CFO

Gary Baird, Senior Fisheries Officer, Head of Enforcement Division



Ingrid Peters, Senior Fisheries Officer, Head of Research Division

Addevi Persaud, Senior Fisheries Officer

Seion Richardson, Fisheries Officer

Stakeholder Meetings

28/2/13 - Patrick Williams and Sopheia Edghill, WWF Guianas

4/3/13 - Capt. Hernando Marin, Capt. Amado Marin – skippers of licensed Venezuelan snapper liners. Also Nicholas de Groot and Mrs de Groot – owners, Guyana Seafood Exports

5/3/13 – Ms Dawn Maison, MSC project manager, GATOPS

6/3/13 – Mr. Gibbs, PSI McDoom

6/3/13 - snapper trap captain (did not get name)

6/3/13 – Lt. Commander Orin Porter, deputy commander, Coast Guard

7/3/13 Jermaine Clark, Environmental Protection Agency

8/3/13 Eustace Alexander, Conservation International

11/3/13 GATOPS – trawler owners and seafood processors

Present:

Haimraj on behalf of Cedric Williams, private trawler owner

B. Debulanjal (?) for Mr. P.B. Vieira, BEV Processors

Hansram Dharmo, private trawler owner and secretary of GATOPS

Brentnol Gibbs, PSI

L. Ramalho, Noble House Seafoods and president of GATOPS

Dawn Maison, MSC project manager, GATOPS

Gary Baird, Ingrid Peters, Addevi Persaud and Seion Richardson, Fisheries Department

11/3/13 – Dr James, Veterinary Public Health Unit, Ministry of Health

12/3/13 – Claudette Rogers and Stephen Thomas, MARAD

12/3/13 – Sirimavo Gonsalves de Freitas, Guyana Marine Turtle Conservation Society

15/3/13 – snapper trap boat owners

Attendance:

Mr Gibbs, PSI, 27 boats of which 15 operational

Mr Sherief, private owner, five boats

Mr Dyal, private owner, 1 boat

28/3/13 – visit to GFL wharf – red snapper landing (Lady Vita II – Mr. Sherief)

Community Consultations

14/3/13 – artisanal fisherman stakeholder consultation – Essequibo

Attendance: (plus 4 members of FD – Region 2 and Head Office)

Name Village Name Village

Darshinie Kalicharran Paradise John Kanahai Pomeroon



Nadara Kalicharran Paradise Davi Singh Devonshire Castle

Bharat Kalicharran Paradise Rooplall Kalicharran Paradise

Ramkarran Deoladeeh Golden Fleece Dharandeo Lall Paradise / Jibb

Deonarine Singh Sparta Shadhad Baksh Jibb

Deodat Singh Sparta Gurdeo Singh Paradise / Jibb

Gurindre Lall Jibb Krishndit Outr Paradise

Tillack Paradise Notiellal Mohaber Paradise

Rooplall Jamnah Bounty Hall Pavinder Kalicharran Paradise

K. Mohamid Lima Savitry Indal Exmouth

19/3/13 – artisanal fisherman stakeholder consultation – Berbice

Attendance: (plus 4 members of FD – Region 2 and Head Office)


R. Mattadeen New Amsterdam P. Samaroo Fyrish

Shazan Khuheer New Amsterdam Balchan Anantram Sheet Anchor

N. Brijlall Kyrish Yuri Moti 66 Village

T. Chandradeo Chesney (can’t read) Eversham

Jermaine Sardine Sheet Anchor Ryan Burgess Eversham

Devon Calender Sheet Anchor

25/3/13 – artisanal fisherman stakeholder consultation – Georgetown

Attendance: (plus 3 members of FD, including the CFO)

Name Village

Akay Samaroo Rosignol

Chabiloll Ramnarine Three Door Sluice

Harry Ramnarine De Edward



Leonard M. Jettoo Georgetown

M. Razaik Cotton Tree, West Bank Demerara

Harry Gendalall La Grange, West Bank Demerara

Joshua Bhagwandin La Grange, West Bank Demerara

26/3/13 – Village #66 Fishermen’s Coop, Corentyne

Present:

Pravinchandra Deodat, chairman

Modan Kumar Channu, committee member

Thakoor Persaud Gopaul, committee member

Yuri Moti, manager

26/3/13 – visit to 3-door sluice and Rosignol – Mr Harry Ramnarine

Arrangements for Validation Workshop

The Validation Workshop was held at the Grand Coastal Inn, just outside Georgetown, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on 13 June 2013. The meeting was held in a dedicated conference room, and morning and afternoon coffee and lunch were provided. Opening remarks were provided by the Minister of Agriculture.

Workshop Agenda

“Guyana Fisheries Department / EU-ACP Fish II Project: Updating the Fisheries Management Plan (marine fisheries elements) for 2013-2018

VALIDATION WORKSHOP

Thursday 13 June 2013 – 9.00-4.00

Notes:

Copies of the management plan will be available for all participants.

Lunch and snacks will be provided.

Agenda

1. Welcome and opening remarks – Chief Fisheries Officer (10 mins)

2. Remarks – Minister of Agriculture (15 mins)

3. Objectives of the project – Addevi Persaud (Fisheries Officer) (10 mins)

Why it is important to have a management plan and how it will be used by the Fisheries

Department

4. Overview of the Draft Fisheries Management Plan and initial discussion – Dr Jo

Gascoigne (Consultant) (60 mins including discussion)

Jo will summarise the Draft Fisheries Management Plan section by section, setting out the key

issues, objectives and actions proposed for each fishery. The fisheries will be presented as

follows:

artisanal fishery (all species and all gears)



seabob trawl fishery

prawn trawl fishery

red snapper trap and line fisheries

shark fisheries (all gears)

There will be breaks for questions, comments and discussion during this presentation, after the presentation of each fishery.

Break for snacks – 15 mins (during or after the above)

5. Break-out groups to discuss each plan in detail (90 mins)

The workshop will break into groups to discuss the draft management plan for each fishery in detail. Groups can be formed according to the interests of the participants, although it will be useful to have a range of views represented in each group. Each group will joined by a member of the Fisheries Department, who will take notes on the discussion. The group will review the management plan for their fishery, and propose any changes they wish to any part of the plan for that fishery. If time is available, the groups may also review and comment on other elements of the management plan.

Break for lunch - 40 mins

6. Group presentations (150 mins maximum)

Each group will elect a rapporteur (who can be the Fisheries Department staff member or another group member. The rapporteur will report to the workshop on the conclusions of their review. Each group will have a maximum of 30 minutes, including time for some questions from the floor and discussion.

7. Summary of workshop conclusions (15 mins)

Jo will sum up the comments received on the draft management plan throughout the day, and indicate how these will be addressed, and the final steps in the project.

8. Final remarks and vote of thanks (Chief Fisheries Officer - 5 mins)

Workshop Attendees

Name Affiliation Address

Nigel Durrant CARICOM Georgetown

Addevi Persaud Fisheries Department Georgetown

Desha Husbands Fisheries Department Huston

Ingrid Peters Fisheries Department Georgetown

Lt Cmdr Orin Porter Coast Guard GDF Georgetown

Ramcomar Mattadeen private fisherman Sheet Anchor

Chriseana Ramekha Guyana Chronicle Georgetown

Tamika Exeter Fisheries Department Anna Regina

Sopheia Edghill WWF Georgetown



Raulston Gillette Fisheries Department

Carmen Bacchus University of Guyana, Dept. Agriculture and

Forestry

Georgetown

Jermain Clark Environmental Protection Agency Georgetown

S. Zulla private fisherman East Coast

Demerara

S.P. Samoroo private fisherman Corentyne

Dr Joshua da Silva Veterinary Public Health, Min. of Health Liliendaal

Harry Ramnarine Rosignol Fishermen’s Cooperative Rosignol

Chanderpaul Arjune Rosignol Fishermen’s Cooperative Rosignol

A.K. Somwaru private fisherman Rosignol

Shirlena Oudith Fisheries Department Georgetown

Hemchand Dyal Red snapper fisherman Georgetown

Claudine Hazel Laparkan Georgetown

Dianne Noord-Jodah Noble House Seafood Georgetown

Stephen Thomas MARAD Georgetown

Haimraj representing Cedric

Williams

Private shrimp trawler owner Georgetown

Eustace Alexander Conservation International Guyana Georgetown

Gary Baird Fisheries Department Georgetown

Sheldon Grant Fisheries Department Georgetown

Rabani Gajnabi Fisheries Department Region 6

Brentnol Gibbs PSI Georgetown

Cecil Seepersand Ministry of Agriculture Georgetown

Landia Prime News Georgetown



Leonard Jettoo Greater Georgetown Fishermen’s Coop Georgetown

Samsudeed Uddeen private fisherman East Coast

Persaud private fisherman East Coast

Wilmot Garnet

Brian Day Fisheries Department Georgetown

Follow up after the workshop

The Technical Team had a final meeting on 14 June 2013 and discussed the outcome of the Validation Workshop. The consultant was given a clear list of issues to be incorporated / changed in the final FMP document. It was agreed that any outstanding comments should be provided not later than July 1 2013. The document was then finalised and provided to the Fisheries Department on July 10, 2013.

4.2.2 SURINAME

Technical Team

Mr. Radjes Asraf: policy official

Mr. Arjune Zojindra: senior policy officer

Mrs Mr Perfine Amritpirsad: Head of Monitoring & Inspection Department

Mr Mario IJspol: Head of Statistics and Research

Mrs Muriel Widjodirjo: Head of Artisanal and Artisanal Fisheries

Mr Anand Chotkan: Aquaculture officer

Mrs Yolanda Babb: senior policy officer

Stakeholder Meetings

18/2/13 – Mr U. Karg, Suvveb

18/2/13 – Mrs N. Ronde Koeber, CEVIHAS (industrial landing site)

19/2/13 - Mr G. Mannes, Omnicron Seafood

19/2/13 – Mr J. Berner, Bera Fisheries

21/2/13 – Mr Titrosaroeno, CIS/Sail Shrimp processing factory

28/2/13 – Ms K. Bilo, WWF Guyanas

28/2/13 – Mr. M. Lall & W. Hoessein, Visserij Kollectief

11/3/13 – Mr U. Karg, acting Chariman Suriname Seafood Association (SSA)

11/3/13 – Mr G. van der Veen & Mr M. van der Veen, Holsu NV

18/3/13 – Mr van Dijk, Mr Waldring, Waldring steiger (artisanal landing site)



National Training Workshops

5 March 2013

Workshop EAF/FMP

Anand Chotkan Head Aquaculture

Oesha Thakoersing Senior Policy Officer

Parveen Amritpersad Head of Monitoring & Inspection Department

Arjune Zojindra Senior Policy Officer

Muriel Wirjodirjo Head of Artisanal and Artisanal Fisheries

Ranjit Soekhradj Research coordinator

Monique Wirjodirjo Inspection

Mario Yspol Head of Statistics and Research

Radjes Asraf Policy Officer

Marie Koendjbiharie Chef Finance

12 March 2013

Workshop EAF/MSC

Tania Tong Sang Senior Policy Officer

Oesha Thakoersing Senior Policy Officer

Parveen Amritpersad Head of Monitoring & Inspection Department

Arjune Zojindra Senior Policy Officer

Sandhia Polar Chef VMS

Ranjit Soekhradj Research coordinator

Monique Wirjodirjo Inspection

Mario Yspol Head of Statistics and Research

Radjes Asraf Policy Officer

Marie Koendjbiharie Chef Finance

Community Consultations

1/3/13 – artisanal fisherman stakeholder consultation – Commewijne

Attendance: (19 plus 2 members of FD Head Office and 1 of regional office)


Roy Lall Commewijne M. Yspol Paramaribo FD

Prashad I. Commewijne Dennis Jhingoeri Commewijne

Alvin Seelall Commewijne Mark Lall Commewijne

M. Persaud Commewijne Radjes Asraf Paramaribo FD

N. Harinarine Commewijne Jerry Mendonca Commewijne



H. Soetowidjojo Commewijne Glenn Habiboellah Commewijne

J. Lum Choi Commewijne S. Bipat Commewijne

R. Tjokodikoro Commewijne CH. Sookhai Commewijne

Harold Habiboelah Commewijne I. Jagroop Commewijne

Willem Mohamed-

Hoessein

Commewijne R. Dudnauth Commewijne

K. Singh Commewijne M. Jones Ibrahim Commewijne

6/3/13 – artisanal fisherman stakeholder consultation – Boskamp

Attendance: 48 including 2 of regional office and plus 5 members of FD Head Office)


Edward Antomoi Boskamp Jubitane Boskamp

Karijowidjojo Brandon Boskamp Y. Bhomoo Boskamp

Johnson Irokarso Boskamp D. Bhotram Boskamp

Taslim Mohamed Boskamp Nazim Boskamp

Carlo Arupa Boskamp Ravendra Boskamp

J. Chatram Boskamp J. Tanoeleksone Boskamp

Tarsee R. Boskamp Ranesha Boskamp

Hendrik Tanoeleksono Boskamp B. Romnats Boskamp

Theo Maroeja Boskamp Alwin Karijowidjojo Boskamp

G. Singh Boskamp Diana Haligave Boskamp

S. Sham Boskamp C. Radnize Boskamp

Derijck Alli Boskamp Richard Marlon Boskamp

Ravi Deuw Boskamp Frits Tjitutonono Boskamp

O. Persuad Boskamp H. Tarsee Boskamp



D. Singh Boskamp Ricky Wirjomadi Boskamp

Franklin Danald Boskamp Vivian Orna Boskamp

A. Harmadin Boskamp Kevin Clarke Boskamp

Glenn Doelahasori Boskamp Lorenzo Ferber Boskamp

K. Poeran Boskamp Deepak Narindey Boskamp

Roy Hasselbank Boskamp J. Tanoeleksono Boskamp

Seewafh F. Boskamp Boskamp

Kasi P. Boskamp Boskamp

Rohan Randazo Boskamp Boskamp

H. Deochand Boskamp Boskamp

Ronald Welzijn Boskamp Boskamp

Gregory Brunst Boskamp Boskamp

Roy Henry Boskamp Boskamp

S. Pathon Boskamp Boskamp

7/3/13 – artisanal fisherman stakeholder consultation – Coronie

Attendance: (19 including 1 regional fisheries officer plus 3 members of FD.


Edmond Ritfeld Coronie Ines Donald Coronie

Carmen Rozenblad Coronie Andre Groanwgst Coronie

Delano Mora Coronie I. Kemper Coronie

S. Ramsingh Coronie James Felter Coronie

E. Stavel Coronie I. Nalter Coronie

M. Johannes Coronie Robert Mora Coronie



M. Wilgo Coronie R. Puran Coronie

Arnie Dors Coronie R. Veldwijk Coronie

Wilfred Pratima Coronie M. Rozenblad Coronie

Monique Verweij Coronie

8/3/13 – artisanal fisherman stakeholder consultation – Nickerie

Attendance: 48 including 2 of regional office and plus 5 members of FD Head Office)


Jason Noredjo Nickerie K. Bhoelan Nickerie

Bhairam Groberdan Nickerie Datadien Nickerie

K. Panchu Nickerie R. Khan Nickerie

D. Sewmakaran Nickerie T. Martodimedjo Nickerie

R. Rampeiad Nickerie Anita Ramkumar Nickerie

H. Asmially Nickerie Ali Ramzeen Nickerie

B. Hobson Nickerie Michael Nickerie

R. Djosetico Nickerie Compton Lachmie Nickerie

N. Sarjae Nickerie Errol Narain Nickerie

R. Rajaram Nickerie F. Shaw Nickerie

D. Amolngusoer Nickerie Jamdei Wahap Nickerie

S. Rafik Nickerie R. Rudradeo Nickerie

Semdat Tuknesan Nickerie Harrylall Riemohand Nickerie

I. Bogon Nickerie Shafiek Shaw Nickerie

I. Sardha Nickerie Sheriff Shaw Nickerie

A. Kartonakro Nickerie J. Ramdin Nickerie



8/3/13 – artisanal fisherman stakeholder consultation – Galibi

Attendance: 21 plus 5 members of FD staff


Vincent Aloema Galibi B. Oeloekanamoe Galibi

Basilien Pane Galibi Immanuel Langaman Galibi

Johan Tokoe Galibi Dirk Langaman Galibi

Richenel Awankaroe Galibi Eric Maleko Galibi

Eugene Alatoe Galibi Hugo Singa Galibi

Richardo Pane Galibi Edward Pane Galibi

Ramses Kajoramar Galibi S. Aloema Galibi

R. Aloema Galibi Karel Aloewanai Galibi

A/ Majarawai Galibi M. Alafoe Galibi

C. Aloema Galibi H. Langaman Galibi

19/3/13 – industrial fisheries stakeholder consultation – Paramaribo

Attendance: 24 plus 7 members of FD staff

Name Town Name Village

Vinod Moti Paramaribo Gerben van der Veen Paramaribo

Teun Visser Urk (NL) Murk van der Veen Paramaribo

G. Echteld Paramaribo P. Baldi Paramaribo

H. Koffeman Urk (NL) Angela Picado Paramaribo

L. Kromopawiro Paramaribo John Berner Paramaribo

F. Blokland Paramaribo Suzan Moekamat Paramaribo

John de Boer Paramaribo Harold Soemodinardjo Paramaribo

Udo Karg Paramaribo Stephen Dawson Paramaribo



Gerry Mannes Paramaribo Laurens Gomes Paramaribo

Mao Paramaribo Mr. Maa Paramaribo

Juliette Colli Paramaribo VKI G. Tolud Paramaribo

S. Ramadin Paramaribo Ramon Kartotaroeno Paramaribo

Mario Yspol Paramaribo FD Arjune Zojindra Paramaribo FD

Ranjit Soekhradj Paramaribo FD Danny Ramcharan Paramaribo

Perveen Amritpersad Paramaribo FD


The Validation Workshop was held at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Paramaribo. The meeting started at 9.00 and lasted to 13.30 when a luch was offered to the participants. The meeting was held in a conference room, because of the large attendance the room was extended with an additional section.

All attendees were given a hard copy of the Draft Fisheries Management Plan.

Opening remarks were provided by the Acting Director of Fisheries. The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries had to excuse himself because of a Mission to the Republic of China.

Workshop Agenda

Support to Formulate a Fisheries Management Plan for Suriname

National validation Meeting

Courtyard by Marriott Paramaribo, Suriname

27 june 2013

Programme

9:00 Coffee

9:30 National Anthem Suriname (audio/singer)

9:35 Welcoming remarks

Drs. Rene Lieveld, Directeur onderdirectoraat Visserij

10:15 Policy Framework Fisheries Management Plan Suriname


10:35 Legal Framework of the Fisheries Management Plan Suriname

Mr. Muriel Wirjodirjo

10:30 Coffe break

11:00 Presentation of the Fisheries Management Plan Suriname

Drs. Bert Keus, Consultant ACP Fish II



11:30 Questions of participants and discussion on the management measures in the FMP. Last opportunity for corrections

12.50 Endorsement of the Fisheries Management Plan en closing of the meeting


13.00 Lunch

Workshop Attendees

Name Affiliation Name Affiliation

Diana Wirongala SSC NV M. Pool Green Heritage Fund

Edmond Ritfeld Stichting Visco S. Berenos Green Heritage Fund

Madhusana Fisherman S. Sital Sital

R. van Bree Marine M. van der Veen Holsu

Y. Babb Echteld FD N. Raghoenandan Nathan Fisheries

F. Elbers LVV De Rondani Ansu Fish

S. Oedit LVV K. Fraser De West

H. Soemodihards LVV H. Khan Fisherman

L. Schet FD Ramadhin Ansu Fisheries

T. Tong Sang FD Rozenblad FD Coronie

Mohammed Hoessein Visserij Collectief A. Aloeboetoe MAS

Chant K ?/ VC Lamsberg Fisherman

C. Sookh VC K. Darsan Fisherman

P. Amritpersad FD H. Darsan Fisherman

Judith Dijks US Embassy C. Rogers MAS

Arjune Zojindra FD M. Widjodirjo FD

Abas Cevihas J. Colli VKI



T. Sharman Sail A.L. Zahuju Consultant

F. Hijmans Sail S. Ghixu-Algoe VKI

Wang Jinhao SSC Henk Bhagwandin FD

Karin Bilo WWF Guianas S. Kodai Entrepeneur

Jude Jagroop Heiploeg Suriname Kaitosenhiks Nickerie

Ranjit Soekhrad FD Ramautar Nickerie

J. Berner Bera Fisheries S. Kim Kim’s Seafood

S. Jaswadi ? Lawrence Yee Yee Seafood Trade

S. Singh Heiploeg Suriname B. Makhanlal VSH Shipping NV

U. Karg SSA/Suvveb S. Janki VKI

J. de Boer Marisa Fisheries R. Darsan Fisherman

V. Aloema Coop Galibi R. Darsan Fisherman

B. Pane Coop Galibi J. Darsan Disherman

R. Kajoeramari Kapitein Galibi P. Sewdien Namoona NV

Echteld Ocean View Fish. R. Rampersaud Fisherman

R. Singh VC D. Rampersaud Fisherman

G. Mannes Omnicron Seafood A. Castillo De Ware Tijd (press)

G. van der Veen Holsu G. Montadinala Donghae Fisheries

A. Picado South American

Fisheries

Mark Lall VC

M. Waldring Sohindranaut S. Appiah Fisherman

Karran Fisherman Chandralall Times (press)



Follow up after the workshop

Immediately after the workshop, the text of the Draft FMP was amended on two issues as agreed during the workshop with representatives of the artisanal fishermen (Visserij Collectief). Notes on agreed changes to the FMP were taken by a staff member of the Fisheries Directorate. These notes were received by the consultant on 8 august 2013. However, due to time constraint of the project, on 4 July the Final draft FMP including most amendments agreed on during the Validation meeting was already sent to the Fisheries Directorate. On the basis of the notes of the Validation Meeting, a new draft was sent to the Fisheries Directorate on 12 August 2013. Finally, on 14 August 2013, some additional comments were received from a member of the Technical Team. These comments resulted in a few additional changes and the Final Fisheries Management Plan was sent to the Fisheries Directorate on 15 August 2013.

4.2.3 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Technical Team

Name and

Organization

Position/Affiliation E-Mail

Elizabeth Mohammed

Senior Fisheries Officer

Fisheries Division

[email protected]

Louanna Martin

Fisheries Officer

Marine Fishery Analysis Unit

Fisheries Division

[email protected]

Lara Ferreira

Fisheries Officer


Fisheries Division

[email protected]

Shandira Ankiah

Fisheries Officer


Fisheries Division

[email protected]

Sarika Maharaj

Fish Inspection Officer

Fisheries Monitoring Surveillance and

Enforcement Unit

Fisheries Division

[email protected]

Tamara Dookran

Legal Department

Ministry of Food Production

[email protected]

Che Dillon

Department of Marine Resources and

Fisheries

Tobago

[email protected]

Julius Smith Ministry of the Environment and Water

Resources

[email protected]

Candace Amoroso Ministry of the Environment and Water

Resources

[email protected]

Rointra Hosein Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs [email protected]

Gail Kowlessar-

George

Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs

Rosemarie Kishore Institute of Marine Affairs [email protected]

Terrence Beddoe Fishermen and Friends of the Sea

(FFOS)

mailto:[email protected]













National Training Workshops

28/2/13 – Fisheries Division, Port of Spain, Trinidad Attendees:

Christine Chan A Shing Director

Elizabeth Mohammed Senior Fisheries Officer

Shandira Ankiah Fisheries Officer

Lara Ferreira Fisheries Officer

Louanna Martin Fisheries Officer

Michele Picou-Gill Fisheries Officer

Recardo Mieux Fisheries Officer

Nadia Ramphal Fisheries Officer

Ravi Maharaj Associate Professional

Abigail Dowden Associate Professional

6/3/13 – Department of Marine Resources and Fisheries, Tobago Attendees:

Garth Ottley Senior Fisheries Officer

Che Dillon Fisheries Service Officer

Terrance Holmes Fisheries Extension Officer

Esther Tobias-Clarke Research Officer

Jerren Martin Data Collector

Nigel de Freitas Fisheries Service Officer

Shandira Ankiah Fisheries Officer (Trinidad)

Community Meetings

25/2/13 – Erin, South Coast

Name

Home Port/ Site of Operation Fishing Methods

Eugene Bengamin Erin Transparent; Beach Seine

Marroon Abdool Erin Transparent

Augustin Mahabir Erin Banking; Switchering; Towing

Martin Jones Erin Fillet

Jude Neil Ready Erin Transparent; Fillet



Horsford Charles Erin Banking; Switchering; Towing

Courtland Phillip Erin Banking; A-la-Vive; Transparent

26/2/13 – Moruga (Grand Chemin and La Rufin)

Name


Kesher Sinanan Gran Chemin Towing; Fillet; Palangue; Switchering

Jeffrey Ramkhelawan Gran Chemin Banking; Switchering

John Mahabir Gran Chemin Banking; Switchering

Albert Taylor Gran Chemin A-la-Vive; Towing; Fillet

Renny Nicholas Gran Chemin Switchering; Fillet; Banking; Palangue; A-la-Vive

Sookdeo Soogramsingh Gran Chemin Transparent; Fillet; Banking

Lawrence Toussaint Gran Chemin A-la-Vive; Towing; Fillet; Banking

Leston Douglas Gran Chemin Towing; Fillet; Palangue; Switchering; A-la-Vive

Melissa Graham Gran Chemin Fillet; Transparent; A-la-Vive

Clever Blackwell Gran Chemin Banking; Switchering; A-la-Vive; Towing

Robert Pegus Gran Chemin Fishpot; Towing; Banking; Fillet

Peter Glodon La Rufin Fillet; Transparent

James Roberts La Rufin Transparent

Sheriff Jairam La Rufin Transparent; Shark Palangue

Randolph John Moruga Fillet; Banking; A-la-Vive

1/3/13 – Bonasse (morning)

Name


Seunath Dalvarry Bamboo-Bonasse Palangue, Fishpots, Live Bait, Banking, Towing

Anthony Ragoonanan Bamboo-Bonasse A-la-Vive; Towing

Ravi Ragoonanan Bamboo-Bonasse A-la-Vive; Towing

Kenneth Nehore Bonasse A-la-Vive; Banking

Raffick Ali Bonasse Towing; Transparent; Banking; A-la-Vive

Lewis Padarath Bonasse Palangue, Fishpots, Live Bait, Banking, Towing

Bobby Ramlochan Bonasse A-la-Vive; Banking; Towing; Palangue

Jerry Padarath Fullerton Fishpot; A-la-Vive; Palangue; Banking

Kemran Ramcharan Fullerton Drifting; Banking

Arnold Gajadhar Fullerton A-la-Vive; Transparent

Lyvon Nurse Fullerton Transparent; A-la-Vive

Marlon Sookoo Fullerton A-la-Vive; Banking; Transparent

Alvin Rambert Granville Fishpot; A-la-Vive; Banking

Esook Ali Icacos Transparent

1/3/13 – Icacos (afternoon)



Name


Azim Ali Icacos Beach Seine

Kevin Ali Icacos Banking; Trawling

Daniean Schneibar Icacos Transparent

Vekesh Massy Icacos Banking; Transparent

Ramkisson Haricharran Icacos Transparent

Franeis Bisson Icacos Transparent; Banking

Peter Dookie Icacos Transparent; Banking

Dildharie Maharaj Icacos A-la-Vive; Towing; Banking

Vishnu Jaggernauth Icacos A-la-Vive; Banking

Peter Bisson Icacos Transparent; Banking

Ramnanan Bhola Icacos Transparent; Banking

Karachan Dan Icacos Towing; Banking; Switchering

David Edwards Icacos Transparent

Sudish Ackool Icacos Transparent; A-la-Vive; Banking

Diveon Maxma Icacos Banking; Transparent; A-la-Vive

Stephen Alfred Icacos Fillet; Transparent; Banking; A-la-Vive

Ramdeo Moonilal Icacos

Hazart Ali Icacos Banking; A-la-Vive

Premchan Harricharan Icacos Transparent

Deorall Jaggernath Icacos A-la-Vive; Banking; Towing

Keith Snider Icacos Line; Transparent

Jaggernauth Bisson Icacos Transparent

Ramjit Lookar Bonasse Trawling; Transparent

Farhed Ali Icacos A-la-Vive

Michael Dookie Icacos Transparent; Banking

Ramdass Sookram Icacos Land Seine; A-la-Vive; Banking

Zainoon Ali Icacos A-la-Vive; Banking; Transparent

Sookdeo Ramjawan Icacos Banking; Transparent

Farook Mohammed Icacos Transparent

Victor Lemessy Icacos Transparent

Francis Cruzer Icacos Transparent; Banking

Carlisten Grant Icacos Transparent

Sookdeo Bisson Icacos Trawling; Banking; Transparent

Vincent Edward Icacos Transparent

Davika Edwards Icacos Transparent; Banking; Floating Net

Gary Edwards Icacos Transparent; Banking; Floating Net

Shaheeda Maharaj Icacos Transparent; Banking

Gildahrie Maharaj Icacos Transparent; Banking

Rajesh Ramdhanie Icacos Transparent

7/3/13 – Pigeon Point, Tobago

Lincoln Yeates, Southwest Fishers Association (fishpots)

Two fish vendors on beach (unnamed)



8/3/13 – Scarborough, Tobago

Morning – Field trip on fishpot boat with Mr. Irvin.

Afternoon – visited Buccoo landing site and market facility

12/3/13 – Chaguaramus (Northwest Coast)

Name


Francis Gomez Alcan Multi-gear

Multi-gear captain (did not get name) Alcan Multi-gear

Robert Sagramsingh Sea Lots Multi-gear

Ian Maharaj Sea Lots Multi-gear

13/3/13 – Mayaro (East Coast)

Name


Methuen Phillip Radix Fillet; Banking; Trolling

Kenny Metoo Ortoire Fishpot; Banking; Towing; Palangue

George Metoo Ortoire Fishpot; Banking; Towing; Palangue

Dane Phillip South East Fishing Assoc.

Arvolon Wilson-Smith South East Fishing Assoc.

Gemma Morris South East Fishing Assoc.

Rondell Chattergoon Ortoire Fishpot; Banking; Palangue

Gerard Bissessar Ortoire Fishpot; Banking; Palangue; Switchering

Curtis Fonrose Guayaguayare Fillet; Banking; Trolling; Palangue

Ian Douglas Radix Banking; Switchering; Fillet; Beach Seine

Cheryl Singh Guayaguayare Biological Data Collector

Krishendath Singh Mayaro Biological Data Collector

Stephen Baptiste Manzanilla Biological Data Collector

Bhim Ramnanan Ortoire Fishpot; Banking; Fillet; Palangue

Allick Nicholas Ortoire Trolling; Banking; Switchering; Palangue

Ralph Metoo Ortoire Fishpot; Banking

Theodore Ganpat Ortoire/Mayaro Beach Seine

Alice Dass Ortoire Fishpot; Banking; Palangue; Fillet

Wayne Dass Ortoire Fishpot; Banking; Palangue; Fillet

National Consultations

11/3/13 – Tobago (DMRF)

Name Home Port/Site of Operation Organization

Lincoln Yeates Pigeon Point South West Fishers Association

Dennis Charles South West Fishers Association



Ricardo Alleyne Roxborough

Kerwin John All Tobago Fishers Association

Shandira Ankiah Chaguaramus (Trinidad) Fisheries Division

Dorian Fraber Buccoo Buccoo Reef Trust

Terrance Holmes Fisheries Extension Officer DMRF

Che Dillon Fisheries Service Officer DMRF

Esther Tobias-Clarke Research Officer DMRF

Jerren Martin Data Collector DMRF

Nigel de Freitas Fisheries Service Officer DMRF

18/3/13 – South and West Coast (Paria Suites)


Seunath Dalvarry Cedros (Bamboo) Bamboo Fisherfolk United

Anthony Ragoonanan Cedros (Bamboo) Fisherfolk of Cedros

Lewis Padarath Cedros (Bonasse) Cedros Fishing Cooperative

Bhadoes Sookananan Claxton Bay Claxton Bay Fisherfolk Association

Kishore Boodram Claxton Bay Claxton Bay Fisherfolk Association

Martin Jones Erin Erin Fishing Association

Jude Ready Erin Erin Fishing Association

Augustine Mahabir Erin Erin Fishing Association

Jerry Padarath Fullerton Fullerton Fisherfolk Association

Alvin Rambert Granville Granville

Esook Ali Icacos Icacos Fishing Association

Justin Edwards Icacos Icacos United Fisherfolk

Davica Edwards Icacos Icacos United Fisherfolk

Gary Edwards Icacos Icacos United Fisherfolk

Wayne Henry La Brea La Brea Fisherfolk Association

Alvin La Borde La Brea La Brea Fisherfolk Association

Dindial Seepersad Marabella Marabella Fishing Association

Robin Panchoo Marabella Marabella Fishing Association

Angela Andrews Moruga (Gran Chemin) Gran Chemin Fishing Association

Lawrence Toussaint Moruga (Gran Chemin) Gran Chemin Fishing Association

Kisher Sinanan Moruga (Gran Chemin) Gran Chemin Fishing Association

Jeffrey Ramkelawan Moruga (Gran Chemin) Gran Chemin Fishing Association

Sheriff Jairam Moruga (La Rufin) Moruga Fishing Association

Peter Glodon Moruga (La Rufin) La Rufin Fishing Association

Gobadhan Maharaj Moruga (La Rufin) La Rufin Fishing Association

Kamla Moonilal Othaheite Otaheite Fishing Association

Anthony John Othaheite Otaheite Fishing Association

Faizal Hosein San Fernando San Fernando Corperation

Bobby Sooklalsingh San Fernando San Fernando Corperation

Stephen Taylor San Fernando San Fernando Corperation

Salim Gool San Fernando San Fernando Corperation

Deo Alfred San Fernando San Fernando Corperation

Gail Kowlessar-George Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs

Rointra Hosein Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs



Julius Smith Mininstry of Environment and Water Resources

Elizabeth Mohammed Senior Fisheries Officer Cipriani Blvd.

Shandira Ankiah Fisheries Officer Marine Fishery Analysis Unit (M.F.A.U), Chaguaramas

Nadia Ramphal Fisheries Officer

Fisheries Monitoring Survillence Enforcement Unit (F.M.S.E.U), Cipriani Blvd.

Wendy Thomas Fisheries Assistant Marine Fishery Analysis Unit (M.F.A.U), Chaguaramas

Anand Bissesar Fisheries Assistant Cipriani Blvd.

Abigail Dowden Associate Professional Marine Fishery Analysis Unit (M.F.A.U), Chaguaramas

Annette Homer Checker Marine Fishery Analysis Unit (M.F.A.U), Chaguaramas

Randolph John Biological Data Collector Marine Fishery Analysis Unit (M.F.A.U), Chaguaramas

Eldon Ramadeen Driver Marine Fishery Analysis Unit (M.F.A.U), Chaguaramas

Jaggernauth Thakoor Driver Marine Fishery Analysis Unit (M.F.A.U), Chaguaramas

Lendell Webster Information Technology Marine Fishery Analysis Unit (M.F.A.U), Chaguaramas

19/3/13 – Chaconia Inn (Port of Spain and North Coast)


Ann Alfred Alcan Alcan Fishing Association

Haley Mitchell Alcan Alcan Fishing Association

Dexter Black Blanchisseuse Blanchisseuse Fisherfolk and Marine Life Association

Joslyn Lee Quay Blue River Blue River/Bamboo/Cunupia Fishing Association (BBC)

Azard Mohammed Blue River Blue River/Bamboo/Cunupia Fishing Association (BBC)

Suresh Soogrim Brickfield Brickfield Fishing Association

David Bachan Cacandee Felicity/Charlieville Fishing Association

Hayman Ramsawan Cacandee Felicity/Charlieville Fishing Association

Diane Christian-Simmons Cocorite Cocorite Fishing Facility and Fish Market Association

Andre Pitilal Cocorite Cocorite Fishing Facility and Fish Market Association

Shaffie Mohammed Orange Valley Orange Valley Fishing Association

Amjad Khan Orange Valley Orange Valley Fishing Association

Ian Maharaj Sea Lots Trinidad and Tobago Industrial Fishing Association (T&TIFA)




Louanna Martin Fisheries Officer Marine Fishery Analysis Unit (M.F.A.U), Chaguaramas



Michele Picou-Gill Fisheries Officer Cipriani Blvd.


Shane Durgah Fisheries Officer Cipriani Blvd.


Sherma Gomez Fisheries Assistant Cipriani Blvd.

Ruth Davis Fisheries Extension Officer Cipriani Blvd.

Sarika Maharaj Fish Inspector Officer






Bertram Percival Driver Cipriani Blvd.

Kieron Draper Transshipment Monitoring Officer

Marine Fishery Analysis Unit (M.F.A.U), Chaguaramas


20/3/13 East Coast (Mayaro Civic Center)


Anderson Zoe Matelot Matelot Kingfishers Association

Kenny Metoo Ortoire Guyaguayare, Ortoire, Mayaro Fishing Association (GOMFA)

Alwin Garcia Matelot Matelot Kingfishers Association

Sheriff Jairam La Rufin, Moruga Moruga Fishing Association

Avalon Wilson-Smith Guyaguayare South East Fishing Association (SEFA)/ Black Deer Foundation

Dane Phillip Radix South East Fishing Association (SEFA)/ Black Deer Foundation

Lima Blackman Seafood Industry Devlopment Company (SIDC)

Glen Bachan Community Development Fund (CDF), Community Development


Michele Picou-Gill Fisheries Officer Cipriani Blvd.


Recardo Mieux Fisheries Officer Cipriani Blvd.

Nadia Ramphal Fisheries Officer Cipriani Blvd.




Colin Asgarali Fisheries Assistant Cipriani Blvd.



Anand Stephens Checker Cipriani Blvd.



Stephen Baptiste Biological Data Collector (Manzanilla)


Cheryl Singh Biological Data Collector (Guyaguayare)


Krisendath Singh Biological Data Collector (Mayaro)


Sherwin Sendall Biological Data Collector (Ortoire)


Sheldon Achong Biological Data Collector (Matelot)



Carol Ellis Teacher Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Elizabeth McLean Teacher Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Betty Willis Teacher Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Candace Kissoon Teacher Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Rickida Jarvis Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Christa Roodal Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Trevor Lee Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Crystal Maraj Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Kavita Ramesar Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Kellen Dominique Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Shawn Sydney Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Chris Lee Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Luke Zoongie Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Samuel Williams Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Brandon Baptiste Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Kyle Lendor Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Sharmeela Mohammed Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center

Sasha Ramlochan Student Servol Mayaro Junior Life Center



Other stakeholders consulted included the Institute of Marine Affairs (Dr. Rahanna Juman) and the Environmnetal Management Agency.


Three Validation Workshops were held – two in Trinidad and one in Tobago. Meetings were held in a dedicated conference room, and breakfast and lunch were provided. Opening remarks were provided by the Senior Fisheries Officer in Trinidad and by a Fisheries Service Officer in Tobago.

Workshop Agenda

Trinidad and Tobago Fisheries Division / EU-ACP Fish II Project: Formulating a Management Plan for the Hard-Substrate Demersal Fisheries

VALIDATION WORKSHOP AGENDA

Notes:

Copies of the management plan will be available for all participants.

Breakfast, lunch and beverages will be provided.

Agenda

1. Welcome and opening remarks – Senior Fisheries Officer (10 mins)

2. Objectives of the project – Dr Mark Tupper (Consultant) (15 mins)

Why it is important to have a management plan and how it will be used by the Fisheries Department. Overview of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries.

3. Overview of the Draft Fisheries Management Plan and initial discussion – Dr Mark

Tupper (Consultant) (60 mins including discussion)

Dr. Tupper will summarise the Draft Fisheries Management Plan section by section, setting out the key issues, objectives and actions proposed for the

There will be breaks for questions, comments and discussion during this presentation, after the presentation of each fishery.

Break for snacks – 15 mins (during or after the above)

4. Break-out groups to discuss the plan in detail (60 mins)

The workshop will break into groups to discuss the draft management plan. Groups can be formed according to the interests of the participants, although it will be useful to have a range of views represented in each group. Each group will be joined by a member of the Fisheries Department, who will take notes on the discussion. The group will review the management plan for their fishery, and propose any changes they wish to any part of the plan for that fishery. If time is available, the groups may also review and comment on other elements of the management plan.

5. Question and answer period (60 mins maximum)

Each group will elect a rapporteur (who can be the Fisheries Department staff member or another group member. The rapporteur will report to the workshop on the conclusions of their review. Each group will have a maximum of 15 minutes, including time for some questions from the floor and discussion.

6. Summary of workshop conclusions (15 mins)

Mark will sum up the comments received on the draft management plan throughout the day, and indicate how these will be addressed, and the final steps in the project.

7. Final remarks and vote of thanks (Senior Fisheries Officer - 5 mins)



Validation Workshop Attendance

05/07/13 – Chaconia Inn, Port of Spain (North and West Coasts)


Francis Gomez Alcan Alcan Fishing Association

Kathy-Ann Cain Alcan Alcan Fishing Association

Dexter Black Blanchisseuse Blanchisseuse Fisherfolk and Marine Life Association

Azard Mohammed Blue River Blue River/Bamboo/Cunupia Fishing Association (BBC)

Diane Christian-Simmons Cocorite Cocorite Fishing Facility and Fish Market Association

Andre Pitilal Cocorite Cocorite Fishing Facility and Fish Market Association

Cecil Mc Lean Las Cuevas Fishermen and Friends of the Sea



Tamara Dookran Ministry of Food Production, Legal Unit

Wendy Ramadhin Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs

Rosemarie Kishore Institute of Marine Affairs



Louanna Martin Fisheries Officer Marine Fishery Analysis Unit (M.F.A.U), Chaguaramas

Lara Ferreira Fisheries Officer Marine Fishery Analysis Unit (M.F.A.U), Chaguaramas


Sherma Gomez Fisheries Assistant Cipriani Blvd.

Sarika Maharaj Fish Inspector Officer





Bertram Percival Driver Cipriani Blvd.

08/07/13 – Paria Suites, San Fernando (South and East Coasts)


Bobby Ramlochan Cedros (Bonasse) Bonasse Fishing Association

Lewis Padarath Cedros (Bonasse) Cedros Fishing Cooperative

Bhadoes Sookananan Claxton Bay Claxton Bay Fisherfolk Association

Wilfred Sookananan Claxton Bay Claxton Bay Fisherfolk Association

Jude Ready Erin Erin Fishing Association

Courtland Phillip Erin Erin Fishing Association

Eugene Benjamin Erin Erin Fishing Association



Alvin Rambert Granville Granville

Bhim Ramnanan Ortoire Guayaguayare Ortoire Mayaro Fishing Association (GOMFA)

Dean Salazar Guayaguayare Guayaguayare Ortoire Mayaro Fishing Association (GOMFA)

Curtis Fonrose Guayaguayare Guayaguayare Ortoire Mayaro Fishing Association (GOMFA)

Wayne Henry La Brea La Brea Fisherfolk Association

Dindial Seepersad Marabella Marabella Fishing Association

Ronald Nelson Marabella Marabella Fishing Association

Kisher Sinanan Moruga (Gran Chemin) Gran Chemin Fishing Association

Videsh Ramkelawan Moruga (Gran Chemin) Gran Chemin Fishing Association

Melissa Graham Moruga (Gran Chemin) Gran Chemin Fishing Association

Deonath Laloo Moruga (La Rufin) La Rufin Fishing Association

Shariff Jairam Moruga (La Rufin) La Rufin Fishing Association

Peter Glodon Moruga (La Rufin) La Rufin Fishing Association

Kamla Moonilal Othaheite Otaheite Fishing Association

Stephen Taylor San Fernando San Fernando Corperation

Salim Gool San Fernando San Fernando Corperation







10/07/13 – DMRF Office, Tobago

Name Organization

Kerwin John All Tobago Fishers Association

Lincoln Yeates South West Fishers Association

Carlisle Jordan Agriculture, Marine Affairs and Environment

Dennis Charles South West Fishers Association

Charles James South West Fishers Association

Howard Robin Department of Natural Resources and Environment

Darren Daly Department of Natural Resources and Environment

Terrence Holmes DMRF

Garth Ottley DMRF

Nigel de Freitas DMRF

Curtis Dousers All Tobago Fishers Association

Ricardo Alleyne Roxborough Fishers Association

Dorion Fraber Buccoo Reef Trust

Fitzgerald Hadal Belle Garden Fishers Association

Gerald MacFarlane Buccoo Reef Trust



Curtis Douglas Plymouth Fishers Association

Shandira Ankiah Trinidad Fisheries Division

Che Dillon DMRF



5. Conclusions and recommendations

5.1 Guyana

The main conclusion of the consultant in relation to implementation of the fisheries management plans in Guyana is that the Fisheries Department is not functioning as effectively as it could as an organisation, even within the existing limited budget. This is for various reasons: staff do not have clear job descriptions or clear lines of management; high staff turnover leads to lots of new staff at junior level with limited technical knowledge. Until this situation improves, the implementation of the management plans for each fishery is not likely to proceed efficiently. This question is addressed in the cross-cutting strategy for capacity building, which needs to be a key priority. The Fisheries Department (or the Ministry of Agriculture) might also consider a programme or consultancy in human resources / management more generally.

For the artisanal fishery, a key priority is to get the cooperatives back up and running effectively. It appears that many of these have been ‘privatised’ by individuals, and have seen a collapse in membership and wider participation as a result. From the government’s point of view, an approach to facilitating this is via the infrastructure, which is for the most part owned by government but leased to the cooperatives or to individuals. A key priority is to review leases of infrastructure which are clearly non-functional or derelict and make sure that they are awarded to organisations which will repair and maintain facilities for the benefit of all. Note, however, that much of the infrastructure is in such a poor state that injections of capital may be required to make it useable again. There will also doubtless be legal or political complications with removing leases from people or organisations.

For the industrial and semi-industrial fisheries, the seabob fishery is to be commended for largely taking responsibility for its own management and research. The prawn fishery is more or less moribund (as in Suriname and French Guiana), most likely due to external factors. For red snapper, the key priority is probably to address IUU fishing, which appears to be stealing the resource from Guyana in unknown but probably large quantities. Again, this is a difficult and costly undertaking, requiring support from, and investment in, the Coast Guard for at-sea surveillance. More generally, an increase in the Coast Guard presence at sea would raise moral across all fisheries in Guyana, since it would show that the government is willing to address what fishermen see as some of their key problems – i.e. IUU and piracy. It may be that this increased evidence of government support might lead to fishermen in turn being more likely to cooperate with government, e.g. by buying licences, registering their boats etc. At present, fishermen (at least, artisanal fishermen) have low expectations that government will address their concerns or follow through on promises, as witnessed by the low turn-out at community consultations.

In conclusion, while the preparation of fisheries management plans was clearly an essential exercise in terms of identifying and formalising priorities for action, implementation of the plans will face problems coming from management issues. Internal improvements within the Fisheries Department, as outlined above, can certainly facilitate implementation of the elements of the management plans which are within the powers and resources of the Fisheries Department to deliver alone. However, other key elements require cooperation with, and increased resources to, other parts of government (particularly but not only the Coast Guard). The Fisheries Department can, and no doubt will, push these as priorities within government, but ultimately further external resources are likely to be required if management objectives are to be met.



5.2 Suriname

The central issues in the Suriname fisheries management system are surveillance and enforcement. Because there has been insufficient control at sea for years illegal practices are widespread. There is illegal fishing without a license by trawlers and SK boats, a significant part of the fish from Suriname waters is landed in Guyana and SK boats fish with longer nets and smaller mesh size than allowed. The result is that there is a significant additional pressure on Suriname fish stocks. Where stocks of several fish species are overfished the situation is thus aggravated. This issue is recognized both by the Suriname authorities and the fishing sector. Three new control vessels have been ordered and the first has already arrived at the same day that the new Fisheries Management Plan for Suriname was endorsed at the validation meeting. There is thus good hope for improvement of enforcement in the near future.

From the consultation meetings it became clear that a better enforcement system is necessary to gain the support of the fishermen for new management measures like the reduction of the number of licenses. Fishermen are not eager to change their behaviour or invest if others (who fish illegally) do not have to. Thus the improvement of surveillance is eminent for the support of the fishing industry for the plan and a successful implementation of the Fisheries Management Plan.

Another important issue is the license system. Regulations are in place to effectively limit the number of licenses to keep the total fishing effort at sustainable levels. The effective reduction of the number of seabob and fish trawl licenses is an example how things can work. On the contrast however the number of licenses for the SK, Bangamary and Njawarie fisheries has increased although policies to reduce or limit these numbers had been formulated. In the new management plan is therefore stipulated that the number of licences should be set for a longer period. It is important that the limits set are implemented and that there is an open communication about the number of licenses issued with the fishing sector.

It can be concluded that the level of fisheries research that is carried out was higher ten years ago than it is now. This development was induced by changes in staff and lack of research funds. In order to provide the fisheries management with sufficient information more research is strongly needed. Currently the only data that are available are the landing data and the catch and discard data collected by the fisheries observers. The available data should be used to built a database and analyse trends in fish stocks and catches. More data on size distributions and discards should be collected in order to allow for stock assessments to be carried out.

Communication with the fishing sector takes place regularly. There are frequent contacts with the Suriname Seafood Association and the Visserij Kollectief. Contacts are also formalised in the Raad van Overleg voor de Zeevisserij. The level of organisation in the artisanal sector is currently rising again by the creation of several new organisations. The Fisheries Department is supporting this development. It would be a positive development if in the future fishermen are more closely involved in the decision making process. This will strengthen the support for management decisions and facilitate the implementation of measures that are agreed on.

5.3 Trinidad & Tobago

A priority issue for Trinidad and Tobago is to improve interagency collaboration, both to expand capacity for management activities such as research, monitoring and enforcement and to avoid duplication of effort such as environmental monitoring conducted separately by IMA, EMA, and universities. The importance of establishing formal collaborative agreements and working groups among the relevant agencies with responsibility for fisheries, the environment, research and education, wetlands, law enforcement, community development/labour and the energy sector cannot be underestimated. Such agreements will be critical to the success of the FMP.

In particular, the oil and gas industry needs to be included in fisheries management activities. For example, soon after the completion of this FMP, British Gas Trinidad released a request for proposals (RFP) to study marine resource management on the east coast of Trinidad. The issues raised in the British Gas RFP were nearly identical to those addressed in this FMP. Had the consultant not seen the RFP and informed British Gas of the ACP Fish II Project, a large sum of money may have been spent duplicating fisheries management studies on the east coast. It is



recommended that any future fisheries management planning or research be circulated to all agencies involved in coastal and marine resource management, environment, and energy. Moreover, the private sector, particularly oil and gas companies and tourism industries, should be encouraged to conduct co-operative environmental and social research. Another priority recommendation is to introduce the concept of habitat-based fisheries management to Trinidad and Tobago. Models to follow include the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Fish Habitat Policy and the U.S. Magnuson-Stevens Act (especially pertinent sections on essential fish habitat). Knowing fish habitat associations and collecting habitat data (particularly with the help of the energy sector) will aid in spatial management and protection of critical spawning and nursery areas.

Lastly, better information on the true effects of seismic surveys on fish populations and catches is needed. Fishers have long stated that seismic surveys are one of the highest priority problems, resulting in loss of access to fishing grounds, death or emigration of fish, and destruction of fish habitat. However, research on seismic survey effects is equivocal and the validity of these statements remains unclear. Targeted research on the effects of seismic surveys on fish and fish habitat could confirm or deny the effects and assist in resolving conflicts between fishers and the oil and gas sector.



Annexes



FTR Annex 1: Terms of Reference



FTR Annex 2: Inception Report



FTR Annex 3: Guyana documents

Annex 3.a: Discussion paper

Annex 3.b: Stakeholder consultation report

Annex 3.c: Guyana Marine Fisheries Management Plan

Annex 3.d: Press release

Annex 3.e: Photographs



FTR Annex 4: Suriname documents

(in dutch)

Annex 4.a: Discussion paper – Industrial sector

Annex 4.b: Discussion paper – Artisanal sector

Annex 4.c: Stakeholder list

Annex 4.d: Comments on consultation meetings

Annex 4.e: Suriname Marine Fisheries Management Plan

Annex 4.f: Press release

Annex 4.g: Photographs



FTR Annex 5: Trinidad and Tobago

documents

Annex 5.a: Discussion paper

Annex 5.b: Stakeholder consultation report

Annex 5.c: Trinidad & Tobago Fisheries Management Plan

Annex 5.d: Poster for communication and visibility

Annex 5.e: Photographs

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