CRFM & Queen Conch Management

1. CRFM & Queen Conch Management Presented by Susan Singh-Renton CRFM Secretariat

2. CFRAMP - CARICOM FISHERIES RESOURCE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (1991-1999) • (A) STATISTICS – BIOLOGICAL, CATCH & EFFORT DATA • (B) SPECIAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT UNIT FOR CONCH AND LOBSTER • (C) HUMAN & INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, e.g. SHORT AND LONG-TERM TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FISHERIES STAFF, MANAGEMENT PLANS, DEPARTMENT REVIEWS • ICRAFD- INTEGRATED CARIBBEAN REGIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (1999-2001) – EXTENDED CFRAMP BENEITS TO 4 ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES • CARIBBEAN REGIONAL FISHERIES MECHANISM (ESTABLISHED 2002, INAUGURATED IN 2003) CFRAMP  ICRAFD CRFM

3. CRFM - OVERVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATION POLICY/ LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CRFM AGREEMENT (2002) COMMON FISHERIES POLICY (2013) DECLARATION ON IUU (2010) Ministerial Council TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS 1) SHRIMP & GROUNDFISH 2) CONCH AND LOBSTER 3) REEF & SLOPE FISHES 4) SMALL COASTAL PELAGIC FISHES 5) LARGE PELAGIC FISHES 6) DATA, METHODS & TRAINING Fisheries Forum OVERALL COORDINATION & TECHNICAL SUPPORT (INCLUDING CONCH VISUAL SURVEYS, & CITES ISSUES) RESOURCE MOBILISATION – DONOR AGENCIES NATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT – CARIFIS CAPACITY BUILDING: FISHERFOLK, LEADERSHIP, PROJECT CYCLE MANAGEMENT, STOCK ASSESSMENT, POST HARVEST TECHNIQUES CRFM Secretariat

4. CRFM - OVERVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATION ORGANISATIONS CARICOM – EU, KINGDOM OF SPAIN, JAPAN FAO – WECAFC (JOINT WG -2012) OSPESCA (JOINT ACTION PLAN) ACS – CSC ICCAT Ministerial Council Fisheries Forum MAJOR PROJECTS CLME, MASTER PLAN & FOLLOW-UP POVERTY ASSESSMENT STUDY SANITARY PHYTO-SANITARY DISASTER RISK & CLIMATE CHANGE ACP FISH II (QUEEN CONCH) CRFM Secretariat

5. Statistics and assessment – CARICOM & CARIFORUM COUNTRIES • Visual surveys, e.g. Antigua & Barbuda, Jamaica, Belize • Implemented in conjunction with conventional data collection  for assessment of stock health & scientific-based management advice. • Regional Overview of Queen Conch Resources in CARICOM/CARIFORUM Countries • A review completed to promote the management and conservation of the lobster and conch fisheries of CARICOM/ CARIFORUM countries. CFRAMP  ICRAFD CRFM

6. Special Regional Fisheries Management Workshop, 2004 • (i) Reviewed situation of queen conch fisheries management in CRFM Member States. • (ii) A strategy was developed to improve networking and partnership, research, regulation and enforcement, and involvement of the stakeholders in the management process. • Joint Regional Workshop on the Monitoring and Management Jamaica, May 2006 • To assist countries in the development of effective management plans, taking into account regulations and obligations under CITES, the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) of the regional Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention). CITES-RELATED WORKSHOPS/ MEETINGS

7. BELIZE - 2004 TRAINING IN ANALYSIS OF VISUAL SURVEY DATA & COMPLETION OF SURVEY DATA ANALYSIS & DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 2005 – TRAINING IN VISUAL SURVEY METHOD AND DATA ANALYSIS. FIELD TRIALS CONDUCTED & SURVEY PLAN DEVELOPED & IMPLEMENTED. • CRFM SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (2004 - present)– ANALYSIS OF VISUAL SURVEY DATA CRFM - UNDERWATER VISUAL SURVEYS

8. CRFM SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (STOCK ASSESSMENTS)

9. OVERALL CPUE (LEFT PANEL) AND LANDINGS (RIGHT PANEL) TRENDS APPEARED STABLE • TIME SERIES TOO SHORT TO APPLY PRODUCTION MODEL CRFM – 2006 ASSESSMENT FOR THE BAHAMAS

10. ANNUAL TAC (MT) :1994-2011 DECISION TABLE - EXAMPLE CRFM – 2012 ANALYSIS FOR JAMAICA

11. Current Yield (t) (2007) 41 5% Median 95% B/BMSY 0.55 0.68 0.79 Replacement Yield (t) 28 37 46 MSY (t) 31 42 52 CRFM – 2009 ASSESSMENT FOR ST. LUCIA A simple biomass dynamics (Schaefer) model was fitted to a CPUE index using the catch estimates. Landings (bars); CPUE (line) Estimated current yield together with the median & 95% CI for three indicators of interest.

12. CRFM – 2010 BIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT FOR THE TCI e.g. model outputs for predictions of profits and biomass Profit projections -4 management decisions Biomass based on four management decisions

13. ESTABLISHMENT OF TOOLBOX & NOTEBOOK • R – TRAINING MODULES FOR DATA QUALITY CHECKS AND DATA ANALYSIS • WORKED & ANNOTATED EXAMPLES OF USED ASSESSMENT METHODS – BIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF QUEEN CONCH ‘STOCK’ OF TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS • CARIFIS DATABASE NEXT GENERATION (CRFM’S FORUM ARM HAS REQUESTED URGENT ATTENTION BE GIVEN) CRFM – DATA , METHODS, TRAINING

14. CRFM & CRFM-SUPPORTED DONOR PROJECTS 1. FAO TCP–DEVELOPED BY CRFM, AWAITING RESPONSE 2. ACP FISH II– PROJECT 1 - REGIONAL MANAGEMENT REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT OF COORDINATED APPROACH PROJECT 2 – TRAINING IN UNDERWATER VISUAL SURVEY METHODS, INCLUDING SAMPLING DESIGN

15. CRFM MINISTERIAL COUNCIL 6TH MEETING – INFORMATION AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT ALSO NOTED TO BE HIGH PRIORITY 3RD SPECIAL MEETING – CONSIDERED QUEEN CONCH MANAGEMENT SITUATION IN HARVESTING COUNTRIES & AFFECTING FACTORS CONSIDERED ACTIONS NEEDED FOR STRENTHENING REGIONAL COOPERATION IN QUEEN CONCH MANAGEMENT 1ST JOINT CRFM-OSPESCA MEETING - ENDORSED CRFM-OSPESCA JOINT ACTION PLAN – QUEEN CONCH IS INCLUDED FOR CONSIDERATION

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