The 4th Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop Costa Rica, 17-21 February 2014 Regional Plan of Action (RPOA)

to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing

in the Southeast Asia Region

Cooperation in the Southeast Asia Regional Plan of Action to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices

including Combating IUU Fishing in the Region (RPOA-IUU)

~ Ida Kusuma W ~ Executive Secretary to the Directorate General of Surveillance

The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries The Republic of Indonesia

Objective and Framework

Enhance and Strengthen the overall level of fisheries management in

the region

to sustain fisheries resources and marine environment

to optimise the benefit of adopting responsible fishing practices.

A voluntary instrument

Managing Fishing Capacity

Combating IUU Fishing

Conservation of Fisheries Resources and Their Environment

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

1. Current resource and management situation in the region 2. Implementation of international and regional instruments 3. Role of regional and multilateral organisations 4. Coastal State responsibilities 5. Flag State responsibilities 6. Port State Measures 7. Regional market measures 8. Regional capacity building 9. Strengthening monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS)

systems 10. Transhipment at sea 11. Implementation

Core Elements

Endorsed by 11 Ministers Responsible for Fisheries (Bali, May 2007)

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

Organizational Structure

Coordination Committee (CC) a high level decision-making body providing strategic advice and direction to RPOA member countries.

AdHoc Team or Working Group providing information and advice: on the state of fishery resources in the region and related matters relevant to

conservation and management measures and to address specific technical and/or scientific issues with regard to the

implementation of the RPOA.

Secretariat to serve and facilitate the function of the Coordination Committee and the working groups

Organizational Structure

RPOA PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES (1) Australia, (2) Brunei Darussalam, (3)Cambodia, (4)Indonesia, (5)

Malaysia, (6)Papua New Guinea, (7)Philippines, (8)Singapore, (9)Thailand, (10)Timor Leste and (11)Vietnam

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

Sub Regional MCS Network Southern-Eastern South China Sea and Sulu-Sulawesi Seas (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines) Gulf of Thailand (Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Viet Nam) Arafura – Timur Seas (Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Timor Leste)

Technical Working Group on Fisheries Resources Management and MCS Network

ADVISORY BODIES FAO – APFIC SEAFDEC Worldfish Centre InfoFish

1. Southern and Eastern of South China Sea and Sulu-Sulawesi Seas: Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, and Philippines

2. Gulf of Thailand: Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Vietnam 3. Arafura-Timor Sea: Timor Leste, Indonesia, Australia and PNG Each sub regional meet regularly to review the implementation of the MCS workplan in the subregion

RPOA MCS Sub-Regional Groups

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

International and Regional Instruments

• Follow up actions on the assessment impacts of IUU Fishing and EC Reg 1005/2008 on small scale fisheries;

• Lesson learnt of RPOA countries on the progress of the implementation of Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA);

• Adoption of IPOA – IUU Fishing by RPOA countries.

Program and Activit ies

NPOA – IUU Fishing

The implementation of the IPOA-IUU through NPOA-IUU

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

Current resource and management situation in the region

• Strengthen fisheries legislation - countries fisheries legislation model against Benchmark Measures

• A Human Capacity Development Framework for Marine Capture Fisheries Management in the Southeast Asia region – a structured guidance on priorities to strengthen marine capture fisheries management at regional, national and provincial level

Program and Activit ies

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

Coastal & Flag State Responsibility

• Workshop on the Development Tools to

Fight IUU Fishing – the Comprehensive of

Global Record Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated

Transport and Supply Vessels

• Update IUU list on RPOA –IUU Website

• Information exchange on IUU vessels

• Monitoring and preventing the IUU vessels

accessing ports facilities

• Developing procedure of listing and

delisting IUU fishing vessels/vessel watch list

Program and Activit ies

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

Regional Capacity Building on Port State Measures

• Port Monitoring Techniques, Regional

Fisheries Inspector Training Workshop

for the implementation of Port State

Measures Agreement (PSMA)

• Monitoring and preventing the IUU

vessels accessing ports facilities

Program and Activit ies

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

Strengthening MCS • Establish and develop the Regional and 3 Sub-

regional MCS networks

• Review and adoption MCS Training Curriculum

• Identify the need to develop a funding strategy to support sub-regional and regional MCS courses.

• Develop matrix of national, sub-regional and regional MCS issues and needs to guide the work of the networks

• Facilitate regular and sub-regional MCS meeting and monitor the progress of the work priorities and plans

• Developing MCS communication procedures

• Development public information campaign (PIC) in the region as complement to MCS

Program and Activit ies

RPOA – IUU MCS Network was agreed in Manila, June 2008

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

An arrangement of national organisations/institutions in charge of fisheries-related MCS activities authorised by their countries to enhance and strengthen fisheries-related MCS activities in order to promote responsible fishing practices including combating IUU fishing in the region.

Highl ighted Programs

Why ? • MCS is an effective tools towards responsible fisheries, including to combat

IUU Fishing

• to expedite the MCS operations with reduced costs and in an effective

manner, including through co-ordination, data and information sharing,

effective coordinated surveillance; and

• geographical condition of the area within the region

How it works ?

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

• Identified organisations/institutions responsible for fisheries-related MCS and the primary contact person as coordinator

• Collect and provide timely and accurate MCS information to other parties to the arrangement;

• Considered requests and, where appropriate and possible, cooperate in joint fisheries-related MCS activities;

• Promote technical assistance, training, experience exchange and institutional development to impropve MCS knowledge and capability among participating parties; and

• Consider particular needs and efforts to cope with any obstacles faced by each participating countries.

Highl ighted Programs

Operating Protocol

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

• Participating countries voluntarily participate

• The RPOA Secretariat regularly maintain and distribute an up to date list of each country’s primary contact/coordinator person, and an alternate

Information Sharing

• Organisations/institutions form cooperation in collecting, sharing and transforming the information.

• Requests for information should be made to the relevant designated contact person(s).

• A request of information should be confidentially treated and held securely as appropriate.

Highl ighted Programs

IUU Vessels Watch

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

• Information exchange on IUU vessels – mostly from RFMOs list, to monitor the movement and to prevent vessels to access and utilize port’s facilities of the RPOA countries

• Update data on vessel’s movement using air surveillance data

Highl ighted Programs

Malaysia and Singapore on investigated FV Pion [January-June 2012]

Malaysia on investigated FV Thunder [March-April 2012] Indonesia on investigated FV Thunder [April 2013]

Study Cases

Highl ighted Programs

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

RPOA SECRETARIAT

Available Analyzed Data and

Information

Report of the Result

Circulate the Information through RPOA website

and/or official letters

RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES

Inspection and Investigation

Report to RPOA Secr.

MCS FOCAL POINT

Share the Information

Latest Status of the Vessel

Request RPOA relevant participating countries to deny the vessel port entry,

accessing port facilities

Inform Relevant Institution

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

Potential Linkages

IMCSN

Information Exchange

Raising Awarenes

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RPOA - IUU

Coastal & Flag State Responsibility : • MCS Network Development • IUU vessel watch • Global Record Fishing Vessels

Regional PIC Development

Regional Capacity Building : • PSMA Strengthening MCS

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

~ Thank You ~

Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices

including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region

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