Pacific Islands Oceanic
Fisheries Management Project
Pre FFC Meeting of the Pacific Islands OFM Project
17 Oct 2007
Apia, Samoa

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Period: July 07 ­ June 08
Outcome 2 - Law, Policy and Institutional,
Reform, Realignment and Strengthening
Sub-components:
Legal Reform
Policy Reform
Institutional Reform
Compliance Strengthening

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Sub-component 2.4 Compliance
Strengthening
Key Outcome
Realigned and Strengthened national
compliance programs; improved regional
MCS coordination; strategies for Commission
compliance programs; enhance national
compliance capacities (inspection,
observation, patrol, VMS investigation

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FFA Sub-Programme
MONITORING & COMPLIANCE
SUB-PROGRAMME
Aim:
·
Ensure fishing activities comply with
established MCS requirements and IUU
fishing deterred.
Outcomes:
·
Fishing activities comply with MCS
requirements,
·
Coordinated MCS to deter IUU fishing.

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Output 2.4.1. Strategies, plans and proposals for
realigning and strengthening national oceanic
fisheries compliance programs.
Key Activities
Regional WCPFC Consultation, Honiara, August
2007 covered MCS issues to prepare WCPFC
Guam
11th MCS WG Meeting March 2008
WCPFC HSBI Presentation boarding procedures,
Nadi, April 2008
FFA sub-regional workshop, Kiribati, (VMS) June
2008

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Output 2.4.2. Arrangements for regional coordination
of monitoring, control and surveillance
(MCS) activities.
Key Activities
Assistance, support for surveillance operations
Tonga (Kurukuru) 2007
RMI (Big Eye) 2007
Palau/FSM (Rabalang) March 2008
Review of Niue Treaty, October 2007, Cook Islands
Advice/assistance to Cook Islands, Kiribati (fishing activities of
Ecuadorian vessels and request to US to apprehend
unlicensed Japanese LL)

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Output 2.4.3. Strategies and proposals for regional
compliance measures and programs
Key Activities
Formation of the FFA TCC WG-Preparations for TCC-3, Sept
2007, FSM
Regional MCS Strategy Workshop, Brisbane, Feb, 2008
11th MCS Working Group Meeting, March-April 2008(advice
on trans-shipment, port state responsibilities, regional
observer programme, catch documentation scheme)
MCS projects to inform development of MCS Strategy

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Output 2.4.4. Training of national compliance
staff, especially in inspection and VMS.
Key Activities
Regional Evidence Training and investigation course,
PNG, August, 2007
Kiribati and Fiji in country prosecution and dockside
boarding workshop, Dec 2007 and April-May 2008
Tuvalu Fellowship April-May 2008

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Impacts
WCPFC VMS online
Influence in TCC outcomes
Trained ROPs
National VMS capacity increasing

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Proposed
MCS Strategy ­ national consultations
MCS Strategy- 12th WG
Country Attachments
VMS ­ online April 2009 WCPFC/ National
VMS training
ROP 100% observer coverage
CDS- EU requirements

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