SouthEastAsia Fishers for JusticePepe Tanchuling

Coordinator

Reality Given in FisheriesCommon Property , Open Access

Management SystemMost traded Agricultural Product, Biological Limits, Carrying CapacityMost Vulnerable Sector on Changing ClimateConcentration of Poorest PopulationPrecautionary Principle

WTO - Non Agricultural Market AccessCurrent Issues in NAMA

-Deeper cuts for developing countries  thandeveloped countries (so where is the S and D for smaller economies?)

-Tariff cuts now linked with flexibility—meaning the greater flexibility you invoke, the greater tariff reduction you will need to do and vise versa

--Anti-concentration—is the current provision in NAMA that will essentially prevent countries from producing all  supply chain inputs

Regional and National Trade Agreements (ASEAN)0 – 5 % tariff by 2015Harmonization of product procedures and

standardsIntegration to global economySingle marketPredictability of the MarketRECIPE for Trade Liberalization

ImplicationsGovernment Promotion of High Value Fish

Species through Aquaculture and Marine culture….heavily dependent to trash fish from capture fisheries

De link small producer to the processing plants, using imported fish for processing and canning plants

ImplicationDual Market ( domestic and International

market), two product standards

Overfishing and Overcapacity

Violation of Fishery Rights ,

Poverty

Aquaculture Expansion Mekong Delta (MCD)

Shrimp Aquaculture Catfish Aquaculture

(Fishstat, 2008)(Fishstat, 2008)

Growth of Fishing & Aquaculture production in Indonesia (1950-2006) KIARA .

a. Kejahatan lingkungan: Pesisir Lampung

Citra Satelit 1982

Sekitar 80% mangrove musnah

Industrial aquaculture expansion and mangrove degradation KIARA.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED?Where are the fish?

Fish DensityT / km2

1960

2000

ActionDomestic Subsidy Fish Trading based on Biological LimitsPrioritize development of coastal fisheries, addressing food

security and sovereigntyImprove Post Harvest Facilities at the village levelRealize Preferential Rights of Fishers on Coastal Fisheries