PROJECT INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID)
CONCEPT STAGE
Report No.: AB2462
Project Name
Sustainable Management of Fish Resources
Region
AFRICA
Public Disclosure Authorized
Sector
General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector (100%)
Project ID
P092062
GEF Focal Area
International waters
Borrower(s)
GOVERNMENT OF SENEGAL
Implementing Agency
Ministry of Maritime Economy
Environment Category
[ ] A [X] B [ ] C [ ] FI [ ] TBD (to be determined)
Date PID Prepared
July 4, 2006
Estimated Date of
April 30, 2007
Appraisal Authorization
Estimated Date of Board
June 1, 2007
Approval
Public Disclosure Authorized
1. Key development issues and rationale for Bank involvement

The rationale behind this proposed supplemental GEF grant to the Integrated Marine and Coastal
Resources Management Project (GIRMaC) is to: (i) enable the Government to implement the
significant policy shifts in the management of the fisheries sector that have been initiated with
the support of the GIRMaC, by working with other donors to assist implementing the Fisheries
Sector Policy Letter currently being completed, as well as the President's decree 2005 for
establishing a national network of marine protected areas (MPAs), and (ii) expand the scope of
the pilot projects initiated under the GIRMaC.

More specifically, as reflected in the forthcoming Fisheries Sector Policy Letter, the GIRMaC
has helped institutionalize a policy of `co-management' of artisanal fisheries resources, where
Public Disclosure Authorized
the Government devolves some of the management responsibility for the resources to the fishers
themselves. At the same time, the GIRMaC has also helped ensure that strengthened resource
management to rehabilitate depleted fish stocks is a core objective of the Government's sector
policy. In addition, since the inception of the GIRMaC, the President's 2005 decree to establish
a national network of MPAs in helping rehabilitate fish stocks. This decree and the MPA
network are included in the Government's strategy in the draft Fisheries Sector Policy letter, and
the proposed project would assist in implementing this directive. Each of the first four pilot
communities of the GIRMaC have already demonstrated that local fishers' groups can and will
submit management proposals for local resources, and this proposed grant would build upon
these experiences and lessons in order to replicate them more widely throughout the country.

2. Proposed
objective(s)
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The development objective is to empower small-scale fishers to sustainably co-manage the
coastal fisheries resources upon which they depend for their livelihoods and upon which the
country depends for a large percentage of its exports, while at the same time conserving the key

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habitats that support these resources. This will be accomplished by (i) extending the partnerships
formed between fishing communities and the Government in the GIRMaC project to small-scale
fishers throughout the country, (ii) working with fishers and the Government to implement the
President's Directive to establish a national network of MPAs, (iii) improving the management
of the industrial fisheries that often compete with small-scale fishers for the coastal resources,
and (iv) establishing a long-term financing mechanism to support the resource management
investments necessary to rehabilitate the coastal fisheries resources and ensure they remain
healthy enough to support a large number of coastal livelihoods and contribute to the national
economy far into the future.

3. Preliminary
description
The following project components and activities are proposed for support through the GEF
supplemental grant:

Component 1. Sustainable management of small-scale fisheries
This component would implement a sustainable management system for small-scale fisheries in
Senegal, based on the experience gained through the GIRMaC program, and would likely
include the following activities:
1.
Replicate, in other small-scale coastal fishing communities, the local co-
management schemes, such as the Local Small-Scale Fishery Committees (CLPA), tested
in GIRMaC's three pilot areas.
2.
Continue and expand the support provided by the Swiss Government and
GIRMaC for the pirogue registration scheme.
3.
Step up Government and coastal community participation in the co-management
of coastal demersal stocks and the small-scale fisheries that exploit them in the Canary
Current Large Marine Ecosystem to ensure that efforts are based on Large Marine
Ecosystem management principles, and promote bilateral agreements with neighboring
countries on fisheries and shared stock management measures.

Component 2. National Marine Protected Area Network (MPA)
In the wake of recent directives issued by the President of the Republic, this component would
seek to establish a national marine protected area network to protect essential habitats, such as
the breeding and rearing areas of coastal demersal species, as part of the national fisheries
management system. This component would likely include the following activities:
1.
Support the establishment of a MPA network in Senegal to protect and restore
coastal demersal fisheries, and establish and delimit the areas using a participatory
approach involving the fishing communities.
2.
Include the MPAs in the fisheries management plans for neighboring production
areas (i.e., areas where fishing is allowed) in conjunction with the CLPAs.
3. Where appropriate, support the construction of man-made reefs, based on good practices.

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Component 3. Industrial fisheries management
Because industrial fishing activities in Senegal have a major impact on small-scale fisheries and
coastal demersal fish stocks, this component would seek to strengthen the links between
industrial and small-scale fisheries, and ensure that industrial fisheries do not damage the
habitats and stocks targeted by the small-scale sector. This component would likely include the
following activities:
4. Develop and implement, in conjunction with the stakeholders concerned, a responsible code
of conduct for industrial fishing.
5.
Promote and disseminate sustainable catch methodologies and technologies, such
as those that help reduce by-catches, and the use of traditional catch techniques.
6.
Establish an information system to monitor the landings of the coastal demersal
industrial fleets.

Component 4. Sustainable funding for fisheries management
This component would seek to ensure that the results achieved by GIRMaC and the GEF
supplemental grant (including the co-financing and parallel investments by other donors) would
be sustainable in the long term through the use of a sustainable funding mechanism for the co-
management of small-scale fisheries and the protection of essential habitats. This component
would likely include the following activities:
(i)
Establish a sustainable fisheries management support fund in order to provide support
for the costs of the public sector, fishers and communities in managing the resources
(terms of reference for a feasibility study and consultations to be drafted during
preparation).
(ii) Put in place an environmentally-friendly labelling system for sustainable products,
including the promotion of good practices and support for cost-effective product
management and promotion, in order to facilitate the support of the private sector in
managing the resources. This activity would also include a feasibility study into a
system to encourage the adoption and promotion of sustainable practices, including
technologies that would protect the marine environment and biodiversity.
(iii) Monitor and evaluate each of the prior three components' progress towards achieving
the results indicators prepared for the proposed project, noting particularly the
sustainability of these results, linked to the above activities of this component. This
activity would also be linked closely with the monitoring and evaluation activities and
capacity of the GIRMaC project.

4. Safeguard policies that might apply

The following safeguard policies are likely to be triggered by the proposed project, based on the
assessment of the GIRMaC: Environmental Assessment (OP 4.01, BP 4.01, GP 4.01), Natural
Habitats (OP 4.04, BP 4.04, GP 4.04), and Involuntary Resettlement (OP 4.12, BP 4.12).

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5. Tentative
financing
Source: ($m.)
IBRD/IDA 8.0
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
5.0
EUROPEAN UNION
7.5
GOV. OF SWITZERLAND
0.5
Total
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point:
Contact: John Virdin
Title: Operations Officer
Tel: (202) 473-2077
Fax: (202) 473-5147
Email: jvirdin@worldbank.org
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