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25 th February 2015. Madrid Spain Emily Howgate, Programme Director www.ipnlf.org twitter: @IPNLF
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25th February 2015. Madrid Spain Emily Howgate, Programme
Director www.ipnlf.org
twitter: @IPNLF
To see coastal tuna fisheries, and the communi0es and seas that
they are part of, thrive.
Our Vision
• Develop Supply support & improve P&L fisheries to enhance sustainable supply.
• Drive Demand demonstrate & promote more widely the benefits of these fisheries.
IPNLF Members
IPNLF Members
What is Pole & Line? • One hook, One man, One Fish • Various tuna species inc. SKJ, YF, ALB • “Coastal tuna fisheries” • Some variants of the method/ other common names used inc’: -‐ hand-‐lining -‐ jack-‐poling -‐ trolling/troll-‐fishing
hPp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPdvdU9oks
Why Choose pole-n-line - Environmental Good • No damage to marine habitats
• No discards of other marine life
• No endangered/threatened spp. bycatch
• Hard to overfish tuna (can’t catch an enXre school)
• Stocks generally plenXful – SKJ
Why Choose pole-n-line - Social Good • Labour-‐rich fisheries (lot’s of man-‐power!) provide employment and livelihoods
• Local ownership of indigenous natural resources
• Control over income and profit sharing
• Community-‐cohesion/viability in coastal towns
• Sense of idenXty and cultural preservaXon
Sustainable Sourcing - now and future
….pole-and-line/hand-line
Continuous Social Improvement [some of the…] - Opportunities to Understand and Enhance
Minimise risk, Maximise value
IdenXty
CapaciXes Development/Training
Culture
Safety at Sea
Income
Career/Jobs
Food Security
How to improve…? • Diverse fisheries, diverse cultures + countries, diverse capaciXes and legislaXons.
• We are talking about changing people! BEHAVIOUR
• First we need to understand, …then need a combinaXon of: RegulaXon and EducaXon! Encourage & Enforce!
• “The centuries-‐old Maldives fishery currently supports some 30,000 people, or 15% of the total Maldivian workforce.”
John Burton, Chairman of the IPNLF
Career/Jobs
Food Security
Income
Direct Income Direct consumpXon ‘Bycatch’ consumpXon
Crew typically paid by catch share (e.g. 20-‐25% gross) First Fair trade tuna in
Indonesia – Hand-‐line [see Helen of Fishing & Living!]
Still some Challenges
• Labour recruitment and retenXon (e.g. USA). Fishing on -‐ any vessel -‐ hard work, uncomfortable and away from home/family for extended periods.
• Spreading and re-‐circulaXng wealth in the community and re-‐invesXng in the fishery.
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[SPAIN] Safety in tuna pole-and-line fishing
OBJECTIVE: • Reduce the risk of impact from hooks in tuna pole-‐and-‐line fishing operaXons
Safety at Sea Many common issues, some P&L unique
METHODOLOGY: • Analysis of the fishing
operaXons • OccupaXonal risk
assessment • Prototype development
of protecXve mask • Sea trials
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[SPAIN] Fishing technology: Automatic poles
OBJECTIVE: • Risk reducXon in tuna pole and line
fishing operaXons METHODOLOGY: • Analysis of the fishing operaXons • OccupaXonal risk assessment • Prototype development • Sea trials
Safety at Sea
Maldives Fishermen’s Community Training Centre (FCTC)
• CollaboraXon with Maldives Fishermen’s AssociaXon
• Training available for young and established
fishers (with naXonal accreditaXon!) – increasing capacity and aspira,on.
• Themes inc.
• Marine ecology + oceanography • The global tuna catching sector • Bait handling • Log-‐book management • Safety at sea • Electrical wiring • Catch-‐care
• Hope to share lessons from this project to other geographies
Sharing best-practice
The First IPNLF Voyage: Peer-‐peer knowledge sharing
in MSC fisheries
Social and Economic dynamics in P&L. -‐ What is current situaXon? -‐ What might increased demand mean? [Mldv research planned 2015] -‐ What does it mean for associated small pelagics (bait) fisheries? [WU thesis underway in Indonesia]
Wider Well-Being – how important is P&L?
Improve, Invest & Influence - Why “Pole-‐and-‐line safeguards the health of our seas, while providing a sustainable source of livelihoods. Unprecedented demand for pole-‐and-‐line tuna mean that it’s vital to work closely with these fisheries to ensure their long-‐term viability.”
Lorence Weiss Head of Category of Management and Purchasing, Migros
