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PROJECT DOCUMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FOR YEAR 2015
AND
PROPOSED ACTIVITY FOR YEAR 2016
Project id: 2015060104
Program
Categories: Project under the ASEAN-SEAFDEC ASSP and FCG Mechanism
Project Title: USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnership
Program Thrust: Special Activity Total Duration1:
14 May 2015 to 13 May
13 2020
Lead Department: SEC, TD Lead Country: TBD
Donor/Sponsor: USAID Total Donor
Budget: USD 19,953,000
Project Partner: USAID, SEAFDEC,
CTI-CFF Budget for 2016:
USD 4,365,514
Project leader: Geronimo Silvestre Involved Country ASEAN and CTI-CFF
Countries
PART I: OVERALL PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1. Brief Project Description (300 words max)
Southeast Asias fisheries are in a state of overcapacity, and that overfishing combined with IUU and
destructive fishing are causing fisheries to decline, if not collapse, leading to devastating
consequences for regional food security and marine biodiversity.
The goal of the Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans) project is to strengthen regional
cooperation for sustainable and legal management and trade of natural resources in the Asia Pacific
region. The objectives include developing a financially sustainable regional catch documentation and
traceability (CDT) system to combat IUU fishing and seafood fraud in areas where sustainable
fisheries management plans (SFMPs) are being applied; expanding the CDT system to priority
biodiversity areas in the Asia Pacific region; strengthening human and institutional capacity of
regional organizations to conserve marine biodiversity through SFMPs; and enhancing public-private
partnerships (PPPs) to conserve biodiversity, promote sustainable fisheries management, and combat
IUU fishing and seafood fraud.
The implementing organization is a USAID contractor, Tetra Tech.
Key project activities include:
Develop a transparent and financially sustainable CDT system and complementary SFMP.
Demonstrate the system at sites in the Sulu-Celebes Seas.
Expand the system to areas important for biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific region.
Strengthen the capacity of, and coordinate with, regional and national organizations to conserve biodiversity using the system.
1 For an example of 5 years project starting from 2013-2017, but in case of new project then the starting year
should be from 2015.
Thirty-eighth Meeting of the Program Committee
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Dusit Thani Hotel, Manila, Philippines
23-25 November 2015
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Engage the public and private sectors to ensure system uptake and sustainability.
Expected outputs of the project for year 2016:
SEAFDEC Regional Technical Groups strengthened and engaged in electronic CDT development to support combating IUU fishing;
Concept, design, and architecture of a CDT minimum viable product developed and being implemented in two demonstration sites where SFMP is being supported;
Relevant public and private sector stakeholders (including women and vulnerable groups and champions) engaged in support of the CDT design and adoption process and SFMP
implementation; and
Expansion and replication strategy for the CDT system defined with SEAFDEC and other
relevant partners.
2. Background and Justification
Asias fish stocks and coral reefs are in danger as a result of unsustainable fishing practices, which
threaten biodiversity, food security, and livelihoods. Across the region, Southeast Asias fisheries are
in a state of overcapacity, and that overfishing combined with IUU and destructive fishing are
seriously degrading the highest marine biodiversity area on the planet and causing fisheries to decline,
if not collapse. The decline and failure of the regional fisheries will ultimately have devastating
consequences for regional food security. The project will support SEAFDECs ongoing work to
develop and implement the ASEAN Catch Documentation Scheme (ACDS) as well as related
national level efforts. Work on the ACDS is strategically important to improving data/information
availability, sustainable fisheries management programs, and overcapacity and IUU fishing reduction
efforts.
3. Project Overall Objectives, Outcomes, Outputs, Indicators and Activities
3.1 Objectives, Outcome and Output of the Project
Objective Outcomes Outputs Activities
Objective 1: Developed a
financially sustainable
regional catch
documentation and
traceability (CDT)
system to combat IUU
fishing and seafood
fraud in areas where
sustainable fisheries
management plans
(SFMPs) are being
applied
Outcome 1:
Overcapacity and IUU
fishing in
demonstration area
fisheries reduced
Output 1:
Financially sustainable
CDT system with
complementary SFMP
implemented at 2
demonstration
fisheries/sites
Activity 1:
Implement a
Financially Sustainable
Catch Documentation
and Traceability
System with
Complementary SFMP
in Regional
Demonstration Sites
Objective 2: Expanded use of the
CDT system to priority
biodiversity areas in
the Asia Pacific region
Outcome 2:
Overcapacity and IUU
fishing in expansion
areas reduced
Output 2:
CDT system with
complementary SFMP
rolled out in expansion
areas/fisheries
Activity 2: Expand Implementation of the
CDT System and
SFMP in Areas
Important for
Biodiversity in the
Asia-Pacific Region Objective 3:
Strengthened human
Outcome 3: Regional
and national
Output 3:
Trainings and capacity-
Activity 3: Strengthen
Capacity of Regional
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Objective Outcomes Outputs Activities
and institutional
capacity of regional
organizations to
conserve marine
biodiversity through
CDT and SFMPs,
including actions to
combat IUU fishing
and seafood fraud
organizations engaged
in and capable of
combatting
overcapacity and IUU
fishing through the use
of CDT system and
complementary SFMP
building regional and
national organizations
in CDT and SFM
planning
and National
Organizations to
Conserve Biodiversity
using CDT Systems
and Complementary
SFMP
Objective 4:
Enhanced public-
private partnerships
(PPPs) to conserve
biodiversity, promote
sustainable fisheries
management, and
combat IUU fishing
and seafood fraud
Outcome 4:Private and
public sectors engaged
in development,
implementation and
sustainability of CDT
system to combat
overcapacity and
fishing
Output 4:
Private and public
sector partnership and
investments in CDT
system and SFMPs
Activity 4: Engage the
Public and Private
Sector to Enhance
Fisheries Sustainability
, CDT/SFMP Uptake
and Coordination with
Regional Stakeholders
3.2 Overall Scope/Description of Project
Activity Description
Activity 1:
Implement a Financially
Sustainable Catch
Documentation and
Traceability System with
Complementary SFMPs in
Regional Demonstration Sites
The Oceans and Fisheries Partnership will develop a CDT system
consistent with the ASEAN Catch Documentation Scheme and
complementary SFMP in regional demonstrations, strengthen
sustainable fisheries management in the Sulu-Celebes Sea, focusing
on two demonstration fisheries, and implement the CDT system in
an SFMP framework at the two demonstration fisheries.
Activity 2:
Expand Implementation of
the CDT System and SFMP
in Areas Important for
Biodiversity in the Asia-
Pacific Region
The Oceans and Fisheries Partnership will identify areas with high
value for biodiversity through a consultative process, collaborate
with other USAID and donor projects in the region, engage in
consultation and behavior change communication to foster uptake
of the CDT system, ensure sustainability at the regional level,
determine an entity to house the CDT and establish system
management, quality and financial sustainability goals.
Activity 3:
Strengthen Capacity of
Regional and National
Organizations to Conserve
Biodiversity using CDT
Systems and Complementary
SFMP
The Oceans and Fisheries Partnership will engage with ASEAN,
SEAFDEC, CTI-CFF and regional fisheries stakeholders, partner
with existing regional platforms, and capacitate national focal
platforms and agencies.
Activity 4:
Engage the Public and Private
Sector to Enhance
Sustainability, CDT/SFMP
Uptake and Coordination with
Regional Stakeholders
The Oceans and Fisheries Partnership will coordinate with regional
stakeholders and work to develop and implement public-private
partnerships to enhance fisheries sustainability and CDT/SFMP
uptake.
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3.3 Activi
