Report on the FAO Workshop on Sea Cucumber Fisheries: An Ecosystem Approach to Management in the Pacific (SCEAM Pacific), Nadi, Fiji, 15

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report. No. 1003

Report on the FAO Workshop on Sea Cucumber Fisheries:
An Ecosystem Approach to Management in the Pacific (SCEAM Pacific)

Nadi, Fiji, 15–18 November 2011

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome 2012

ABSTRACT

FAO, 2012.
Report on the FAO Workshop on Sea Cucumber Fisheries: An Ecosystem Approach to Management in the Pacific (SCEAM Pacific), Nadi, Fiji, 15–18 November 2011.
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report. No. 1003. Rome. 44p.

Widespread overfishing threatens the sustainability of sea cucumber fisheries and the important role they play in the livelihoods of coastal fishers. The SCEAM Pacific workshop was jointly funded and coordinated by the FAO, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and Southern Cross University in November 2011. The workshop brought together fishery managers from 13 Pacific island countries to foster improved management plans for PACIFIC sea cucumber fisheries. Seminars by the workshop facilitators presented contemporary fisheries science and new paradigms for management. Pre-workshop questionnaires, workgroup sessions and plenary discussions were used to help participants decide on appropriate objectives, regulatory measures and management actions for each fishery. The workshop outputs given in this report reveal the constraints and issues facing Pacific sea cucumber fisheries, and the proposed management changes and research priorities of the fishery managers.

Table of Contents


BACKGROUND
OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP
LINKS TO OTHER PROJECTS
ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP
	Preparation
	Scope
	Strategies
PROGRAMME, VENUE AND PARTICIPANTS
	Programme and venue
	Participants
	Facilitators
PRE-WORKSHOP FISHERY FORMS
	Purpose
	Results
TECHNICAL SEMINARS
WORKGROUP SESSIONS
	Results from workgroup session
	Results from workgroup session
	Results from workgroup session
PLENARY SESSIONS
	Day 1 – Indicators, ecosystem approach to fisheries, data in the Pacific
	Day 1 – Biology, ecology and regulatory measures
	Day 1 – Afternoon plenary on management actions
	Day 2 – General management issues
	Day 2 – Fishery objectives
	Day 3 – Special session on enforcement in sea cucumber fisheries and trade
	Day 4 – Management plans and legislation
	Day 4 – Bringing it together into an ecosystem approach
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
WORKSHOP SATISFACTION SURVEYS
REFERENCES
ANNEXES
	A. Workshop agenda
	B. Workshop prospectus
	C. Fishery data form
	D. List of participants
	E. Workshop satisfaction survey form
	F. Workshop group photo

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