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PRESENTED BY PATRICK D. SAYON COMMUNITY SCIENCES COORDINATOR LIBERIA. WHAT IS COMMUNITY SCIENCES?.
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PRESENTED BY PATRICK D. SAYONCOMMUNITY SCIENCES COORDINATOR LIBERIA
WHAT IS COMMUNITY SCIENCES? COMMUNITY SCIENCES IS MONITORING THE COASTAL AND INSHORE MARINE RESOURCES USING A SET OF BASIC SCIENCE PROCEDURES TO SYSTEMATICALLY GATHER AND INTERPRET DATA AND INFORMATION ON THE STATUS AND HEALTH OF LOCAL RESOURCES.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES The community sciences program is design to build capacity of West African artisanal fisher communities to monitor and better manage their local coastal and inshore marine resources – fisheries, beaches, mangrove areas, etc. Supports a change to a “user rights” base approach. This gives fisher communities the rights and responsibility to manage inshore marine resources Builds strong and informed community groups with capacity to manage local fisheries resources sustainably and who can use data and facts to advocate for improved fisheries at a national level Gathers data and information for ten procedures using data sheets that collect information that fishers and community members find useful and relevant to their circumstances
DATA SHEET COMMUNITY SCIENCES Shoreline Monitoring DATA FORM
MONITORING PROCEDURES 1. Fish Monitoring 2. Air Temperature 3. Wind and Rain 4. Water Surface 5. Water Temperature 6. Trawling 7. Shoreline Survey 8. Tide Level 9. Hygiene Checks 10. Destructive Fishing Practices
Fish Monitoring Why: Fish monitoring provides an indication of the health of fish stocks. What: Fish monitoring collects information on the relative size of the main fish species caught by canoe fishermen. Equipment: Fish Measuring Board Ruler Procedure: Choose AT RANDOM any two fishermen who have just returned from fishing Interview them and fill in the data sheet Look at the two fishermen’s catch and pick out the smallest and the biggest fish from the main species they have caught. Measure the length of those fish and write the lengths down in the table below
DATA ENTRY From left to right is Augustine Tregbe measuring fish length, the catch of Edward Wiah and Soreba interviewing Edward.
WHAT DID EACH FISHERMAN DO WITH THE FISH THEY CAUGHT TODAY? HOW MANY HOURS DID EACH FISHERMAN SPEND FISHING TODAY OR LAST NIGHT?
WHICH DAYS DID THE FISHERMEN GO FISHING OVER THE PAST LAST 7 DAYS?
What: This procedure records the temperature of the water. • Why: Water temperature affects the physical and chemical properties of water and has a great influence on the health of inshore marine creatures, affecting their feeding and reproduction habits. If water temperature increases consistently over time then the health of the fish and other creatures and plant life may be adversely affected. • Equipment: • Bucket • Water Thermometer • Procedure: • Fill up the bucket with water collected near the shoreline. In the future, always use the same location for gathering the water. • Immediately place the thermometer in the bucket of water and hold it there for 2 minutes. • Record the reading given by the thermometer in the Data Form. WATER TEMPERATURE
DATA ENTRY • The first time of checking water temperature; Timothy fetches water to monitor the temperature, volunteers reading the thermometer and then record.
Chart for Water Temperature in Degree Celsius , 2011 Chart for Water Temperature in Degree Celsius , 2011
What: Monitoring the presence of trawlers operating within sight of the shore and recording the Identification Number of that boat (if possible). • Why: To collect and report information on trawlers working illegally in the Inshore Exclusion Zone in your locality. • Equipment: • binocular, camera • and a trawler spotter • (an analogue phone • with a specially designed • App) • Procedure: • Volunteers and fishers pay attention to the number of trawlers seen from the shore or nearshore. • Volunteers consult with fishermen and community members on trawlers • When trawlers are seen, volunteers use the trawler spotters to record them • Enter the information into the Data sheet TRAWLING
Number of trawlers seen in each community 2010 2011 2012
What: Monitors carefully observe a specified area of the shoreline or beach area which is just above the regular high tide level. • Why: This helps communities to observe and record changes in that area, and especially those caused by pollution and improper waste disposal. • Equipment: • 20m measuring tape • Procedure: • Lay down your 20m measuring tape measure on the shoreline, parallel to the sea level. Identify a landmark from which to begin laying out the tape measure. Always use this same landmark when doing this type of monitoring in the future, and make sure that the tape measure is spread out in the same direction. • Walk slowly down the tape recording what you see within 2 metres of either side of the tape measure, such as plastic bags, wood, old bits of fishing nets, bottles, dead fish, birds and animals, human faeces, etc. • Note any unusual noises, smells in the Observations section. SHORELINE SURVEY
What: In this procedure, community volunteers record whether destructive fishing practices are being practiced in the community. • Why: Destructive practices damage various components of the ecosystem and contribute to putting a pressure on marine resources. For example, the use of dynamite fishing destroys the seabed which prevents fish from finding suitable spawning ground to reproduce and provide fish for the future. • Equipment: • None • Procedure: • During the month before monitoring, community volunteers should stay informed about the destructive fishing practices used in and around the community. • Record the information on the data form. DESTRUCTIVE FISHING PRACTICES
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WISE WORDS • IN OUR WORLD TODAY, THERE ARE THREE KINDSOF PEOPLE; • THOSE WHO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN; • THOSE WHO WATCH THINGS HAPPEN; • THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING • DOUBTLESS TO MENTIONED THAT ‘ALL THINGS ARE DIFFICULT BEFORE THEY BECOME EASY’. HENCE, ‘WHAT YOU DO OR DREAM, YOU CAN BEGIN IT. BOLDNESS HAS GENIUS, POWER AND MAGIC IN IT. ONLY BE FOCUSED – FOR WHEN YOU FAIL, PEOPLE WILL MOCK AT YOU AND LAUGH, BUT WHEN YOU SUCCEED, YOU ARE BOUND TO RECEIVE COMMENDATION. Remember, “The time to fight iuu fishing activities is upon us”.
