Annex 6

6.A The extent to which the fisheries sector is integrated into the Development Plans of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Country	Document/Date	Criteria	Value	Remarks
Antigua	*NSDP2001-4
Aruba
Bahamas	ABC2003/4 *Our Plan	Issues	1	Fisheries identified as one of the six pillars of the economy.
Bahrain
Barbados	*MTES2003-4
Belize	NPSAP1998-2003 MTESP2002-4
Cape Verde	IPRSP/Sep2000 PG2001-5	Issues Responses	2 2	Size of sector and importance in forex terms identified Eight point policy programme detailed in general terms Commitment to enhance surveill. mechanisms to reduce IUU fishing. Expansion targets for sector indicated and extens. services promised.
Comoro Is.	*RNRP2002-4
Cook Is.	BPS2003/4 *PDS	Issues Responses	1 1	Rapid fisheries growth in last year, though value-added low due to high import content of inputs. $2million loan from Bank of Cook Islands to fishing industry. Govt. has allocated resources to sector given potential of long-line commercial fishing (inc. harbour devt) and aquaculture. Fiscal policy amended to reduce fishing ind. (fuel/bait/equip) exempt.
Cuba
Dominica	MTES2002-4 INDP
Dominican R.	No Plan
Fiji	SDP2003-5	Issues Links Responses Processes	3 1 3 1	Separate section examines size, constraints and challenges facing the marine resource sector. Fishing meets subsistence needs of 90 percent of coastal villages. Mention made of opps. for tilapia/shrimp farming and seaweed/pearl exploitation. Four policy objectives identified and 19 key performance indicators derived in Policy Matrix. Active involvement of stakeholders promised in plan formulation.
Grenada	*MTES2002-4
Guinea-Bissau	IPRSP/Sept2000	Issues Responses	1 1	Fisheries seen as a source of foreign exchange. Publication of a Fisheries Law imminent to strengthen policy so as to aid growth and fight poverty.
Guyana	PRSP/Mar2002	Issues Links Processes	1 1 1	Fishing occurs in area of Rupununi development project, but is not focus of devt plan. Sustaining income generation in fishing requires vibrant private sector in post-harvest activities in order to contribute to PRS. Allusion to tracking poverty reducing public spending in artisanal fishery/aquaculture in Annex
Haiti
Jamaica	*MTSEF2002-4
Kiribati	*NDS2000-3
Maldives	6NDP2001-5	Issues Links Responses Processes	3 2 3 3	Economy overdependent on fisheries and tourism. Twelve key issues identified vis-à-vis the sector. Link twixt fish export redn and poverty noted, and part of govt plans to ensure devt of fishing communities. Govt plans to diversify (5 activities), increase private participation (7), manage sustainably (8) and ensure sustainable socio-economic develop of rural fishing communities (6). Intent to develop human capacity of rural communities/facilitate info. flows and incorp. active collab. of stakeholders in form. 10 Year Plan
Marshall Is.	Vision 2018	Issues Links Responses Processes	2 1 2 1	Recoginition that resource rent opps. not yet fully exploited (esp. near shore fisheries), whilst exports declining over time. Imp. of aquaruim fish trade acknowledged. Recognition of role of aqua/mariculture in attaining food security. Five fisheries objectives delineated. Regulations planned to conserve atoll environments. Encouragement of private sector and links with multilateral fisheries orgs. seen as crucial for development. Est. of Community Fishing Centres and trust funds.
Mauritius	BS2003/4 NSSD2001-5	Issues Responses	1 1	Need to modernize fishing industry given past slow development. Broad outline of Ten Year Fisheries Development Plan noted. Adoption of ICZM programme has fishery implications. Budgetary alloc. (inc. bad weather allow.) to Fishermens Welf. Fund.
Micronesia	*PF1999-2002
Nauru	*NDP2002-6
Niue	*NISP1999-03
Palau	*NMP
Papua NG	*MTDS
St. Kitts	*MTESP2000-2
St. Lucia	IPRSAP2003	Issues Links Processes	1 1 1	Commits govt. to maintenance of a productive, sustainable, small-scale fishery given social imp. of sector. Notes role of Souf. Reg. Devt Found. in poverty redn via fisheries. Fisheries sector involved - and identified as a harbour of poverty - in document formulation.
St. Vincent	*BA2002
Samoa	2001/2BA SES2001/2	Issues Responses	1 1	Six new vessels entering industry will aid growth. Details given as to why fishing revenues have fluct. in recent years. Funds designated for purchase of fishing aggregate devices (FADs).
São Tome Príncipe	PRSP/Ap2000	Issues	1	Sensitivity of s/s coastal fisheries to overfishing noted.
Seychelles	No Plan
Singapore
Solomon Is.	*MTDS
Suriname	*MADP2001-5
Tokelau
Tonga	*SDPVII2001-3
Trinidad & Tobago	*MTPF2002-4
Tuvalu	*NDS
Vanuatu	*CRP

Abbreviations: NSDP (National Strategy Development Plan) - Antigua; ABC (Annual Budget Communication) - Bahamas; MTES (Medium Term Economic Strategy) - Barbados, Dominica and Grenada; NPSAP (National Poverty Elimination Strategy and Action Plan) and MTESP (Medium Term Economic Strategy Plan) - Belize; IPRSP (Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper) - Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau; PG (Programa do Governo) - Cape Verde; RNRP (Reconstruction and National Reconciliation Programme) - Comoro Islands; BPS (Budget Policy Statement) and PSD (Principles of Strategic Development) - Cook Islands; INDP (Integrated National Development Plan) - Dominica; SDP (Strategic Development Plan) - Fiji and Tonga; PRSP (Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper) - Guyana and São Tome and Príncipe; MTSEF (Medium Term Economic and Social Framework) - Jamaica; NDS (National Development Strategy) - Kiribati and Tuvalu; NDP (National Development Plan) - Maldives and Nauru; BS (Budget Speech) and NSSD (National Strategy for Sustainable Development) - Mauritius; PF (Planning Framework) - Micronesia; NISP (Niue Integrated Strategic Plan) - Niue; NMP (National Master Plan) - Palau; MTDS (Medium Term Development Strategy) - Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; MTESP (Medium Term Economic Strategy Paper) - St Kitts and Nevis; IPRSAP (Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy and Action Plan) - St. Lucia; BA (Budget Address) - St. Vincent and Samoa; SES (Statements of Economic Strategy) - Samoa; MADP (Mullet Annual Development Plan) - Suriname; MTPF (Medium Term Policy Framework) - Trinidad and Tobago; CRP (Comprehensive Reform Programme) - Vanuatu.

6.B The extent to which the fisheries sector is integrated into the World Bank Country Assistance Strategies (CAS) for SIDS

Country	CAS/Date	Criteria	Value	Remarks
Antigua	No CAS Avail
Aruba	No CAS Avail
Bahamas	No CAS Avail
Bahrain	No CAS Avail
Barbados	No CAS Avail
Belize	CAS/Aug00	Issues Links	1 2	Notes aquaculture (shrimp farming) as a main source of growth. While 49% of employ. for poorest quintile was provided by ag. and fishing sectors, fishing comm. not ident. as poverty-stricken group. Environ. problems emerging due to subsist fishing (and farming) by increased inc. numbers of poor.
Cape Verde	CASPR/Au201			No mention of fisheries sector whatsoever.
Comoro Is	No CAS Avail
Cook Is.	No CAS Avail
Cuba	No CAS Avail
Dominica	No CAS Avail
Dominican R.	CAS/Ju99			No mention of fisheries sector whatsoever.
Fiji	No CAS Avail
Grenada	No CAS Avail
Guinea-Bissau	No CAS Avail
Guyana	CAS/May2002			No mention of fisheries sector whatsoever.
Haiti	No CAS Avail
Jamaica	CASPR/Se02 CAS/Nov00	Links	1	Country Program matrix notes that rural poor are fisherman (and farmers....)
Kiribati	No CAS Avail
Maldives	CAS/Nov00	Issues Responses	3 2	Growth attributable to rich marine resources. Brief synopsis of sector - and necess. policy reforms indicated. Past Bank Projects (last closed 1997) to sector noted and weaknesses reported. Fisheries Sector report due out shortly (no details). Highlights need for supp. for community-based reef management and mech. for managing access rights to fish stocks and reefs. Future Bank strategy identified in Country Program matrix.
Marshall Is.	No CAS Avail
Mauritius	No CAS Avail
Micronesia	No CAS Avail
Nauru	No CAS Avail
Niue	No CAS Avail
Palau	No CAS Avail
Papua NG	CAS/Oct99	Issues	1	PNG has sustainable advantage in fisheries (mining and timber). Intention to improve monitoring of activity in fisheries dept.
St. Kitts	No CAS Avail
St. Lucia	No CAS Avail
St. Vincent	No CAS Avail
Samoa	No CAS Avail
Sao Tome Príncipe	CAS/Oct00	Responses	1	Promise that Public Resource Management Credit will be used to fund a study on the fisheries sector.
Seychelles	No CAS Avail
Singapore	No CAS Avail
Solomon Is.	No CAS Avail
Suriname	No CAS Avail
Tokelau	No CAS Avail
Tonga	No CAS Avail
Trinidad & T.	CAS/Mar99	Responses	1	Govt. has devised progs. to supp. fisheries and a/culture (no detail) Integrated CZM to protect beaches and fisheries.
Tuvalu	No CAS Avail
Vanuatu	No CAS Avail

Abbreviations: CASPR (Country Assistance Strategy Progress Report) - Cape Verde.

6.C The extent to which the fisheries sector is integrated into the European Union Country Strategy Papers (CSP) for SIDS

Country	CSP Per.	Criteria	Value	Remarks
Antigua	2001-7	Issues	1	Fishing activity up 60% since 1980s - and seen by govt. as sector of "most promise", although concerns too about overfishing. Donor support (Japan) for fisheries projects.
Aruba	No CSP
Bahamas	2002-7	Issues Responses	1 1	Challenge is sust. use of fragile ecosystem, including fisheries. Probs. of fish poaching, and with intro. closed fishing season by govt. Mention of imp. of EU as a market for Bahamian fish products. Identific. of niches in tourist game-fish market. EU support to improve sanitary processes in fisheries sector and to imp. local management capacities in the sector.
Bahrain	No CSP
Barbados		Issues Responses	2 1	Detailed note of govt. plans to upgrade the sector and a note of its regional fisheries body commitments. Construction of infrastructure to aid sectoral development.
Belize	2002-7	Issues Links Responses	2 2 1	Fisheries cont. growing amount to GDP (1990=2%, 2000=5%), with shrimp farming/aquaculture increasing sharply. Fisheries noted vis-à-vis environmental protection requirements. EU concerns over lax Belizean regulation (flagging and sanitory controls) which hampers exports to EU. Document notes and discusses 1996 survey indicating 45% of poorest quintile relied on either ag. or fishing for their livelihoods. EC response to focus on devt of rural sector (inc. aquaculture) with effective private sector particpation. Coherence between devt and other EU policies (inc. fish.) stressed.
Cape Verde	2001-7	Issues Links Responses	1 1 1	Despite fleet and processing modernization, exports have fallen sharply - in part due to hygiene deficiencies. Absence of continental platform limits magnitude of fish resources. Recognition of fisheries as ultimate "free" resource for the most vuln. EU fisheries revenues contrib. indirectly to aid local food security. Brief detail of EU Fisheries Agreements provided.
Comoro Is.	2002-7	Issues	1	Inapprop. fishing techniques causing environ. problems.
Cook Is.	2002-7	Links Responses	1 1	Offshore fishery of limited imp., reef/lagoon fishing for subsistence. EU plans to balance its commerc. interests with local devt imperatives via EU regional programme.
Cuba	No CSP
Dominica	2002-7	Issues Links	1 1	Notes necess. of dev. offshore pelagic resources and providing more fishing platforms. Road imps. will improve market access for southern fishing villages. Link twixt sector and livelihoods clearly expounded.
Dominican R.	2001-7			No mention of fisheries whatsoever.
Fiji	No CSP
Grenada	2001-7	Issues	2	Industry collapse 1999, govt. rebuilding with French/Jap. help. Sub-regional efforts to establish a well-diversified fisheries sector. Tourism Master Plan emp. need for cross-cutting linkages (inc. fish). Construction of additional fisheries infrastructure promised.
Guinea-Bissau	2001-7	Issues Responses	2 2	Imp. of fisheries resources identified and donor programmes identified in accompanying support matrix. Infrastructural deficit a major constraint on sector's expansion. Notes govt. ag. policy intent on revis. judic.framework for fisheries. Briefly outlines past GB-EU Fisheries Agreement, whilst coherence between EU development policy, national plans and the fisheries sector clearly enunciated through recent fisheries agreement.
Guyana	2001-7	Issues	1	Mentions imp. of fishing to local economy and sharp growth in per capita fish consumption.
Haiti	No CSP
Jamaica	2001-7	Issues	1	Notes niche ag. products - inc. aquaculture - have growth prospects.
*Kiribati	2002-7	Issues Responses	2 1	Licence fees and remittances from Kiribati seaman working on foreign ships major factor in GNP. Unrealized potential is recognized - as is magnitude of fish resources. EU purchase of boats for state fishing company - unsuccessful. Sector ident. for EU support measures (inc. Fisheries Agreement) and mention of need for coherence between EU interests and local needs.
Maldives		Issues Responses	3 1	Fisheries potential acknowledged. Contrib. to GDP, employ and exports given, and recog. of sensitivity of tuna exports (pref. access to EU market) to price fluctuations and graduation from LDC status. Overexploitation of inshore reef resources highlighted. EU funding of a fish inspection project.
*Marshall Is.	2002-7	Issues	2	Recognizes abundance of local fish resources and donor support. Details on government licensing revenues and the objectives of 1997 Nat. Fisheries Policy.
Mauritius	2001-7	Issues Responses	2 1	Fishing seen as a signif. employer, though growing pollution threats due to inadequate waste water facilities - matrix traces extent to which environment has been integrated into fisheries area. Some information on EU Fisheries Agreements.
*Micronesia	2002-7	Issues	2	Main fisheries revenues through access fees rather than exports. Overview of fisheries sector and resources provided. Notes Japanese million fishing aid.
Nauru	2002-7	Issues	2	Precis of sector provided - including current constraints on its growth. Aquaculture could provide incomes at "grassroots" level.
Niue	2002-7	Issues Links Responses	1 1 1	Value of fisheries production and license fees. Development constrained by lack of adequate landing facilities Fishing is integral to livelihoods of subsistence households. EU promises to ensure coherence between its tuna harvesting interests and national development objectives in fisheries arena.
Palau	2002-7	Issues Responses	2 1	Sectoral contribution to GDP and license sales noted. Concise resume provided of fisheries sub-sectors (coral reef, pelagic and aquaculture), participants and output levels. Notes Japanese fishing aid. Fisheries and aquaculture highlighted as growth areas. Notes EU intends to develop series of bilateral fishing agreements.
Papua NG	2002-7	Issues Responses	1 1	Resource abundance noted, as is CDE tech. support for fish process. EU promises to ensure coherence between its tuna harvesting interests and national development objectives in fisheries arena.
St.Kitts	2001-7	Issues	2	Fisheries sector depicted as weak and traditional. Action matrix identifies govt. plans to modernize sector and ensure sectoral sustainability. Particip. in regional CRAFP programme, and Japanese aid identified.
St. Lucia	2001-7	Issues Links	3 1	Excellent sectoral summary highlights contribution to GDP, future growth prospects, current constraints and details on the STABEX funded fisheries development programme. Notes govt intent to achieve self-suffic. in fish (poultry,pork,eggs).
St. Vincent	2002-7	Issues	1	Fisheries value-added has increased, though local fish market failed recent EU inspection. Japan has funded construction of fishing facilities. Action matrix highlights govt's broad sectoral objectives (3).
Samoa	2001-7	Issues Links	2 1	Fisheries replaced agriculture as dominant export earner. Support (with Lomé funds) for fisheries micro-projects. CDE support for fish processing noted. Redn in polluting activities will protect reef fisheries. Paper notes fisheries (and ag.) are backbone of village economy, though such subsistence activities have declined in imp. over time.
São Tome Príncipe	2002-7	Issues Responses	1 2	Notes govt. intention to develop stagnant fisheries sector. Support to sector noted in both donor matrix and in prose. Details on EU Fisheries Agreements given (past and present).
Seychelles	2002-7	Issues Responses	2 3	Imp. of foreign-owned tuna and local artisanal sector detailed. Need for lagoon preservation and effective EEZ management has led to search for coherence between environ-tourism-fisheries objectives. Donor matrix identifies external support to sector. Details of current and past EU Fishing Agreements given. Hints that govt. requests could lead to EU support being given for capacity enhancement (fish. manag.) and fish processing. Notes that Fish. Ag. should help develop indigenous fishing capacity.
Singapore	NO CSP
Solomon Is.	2002-7	Issues Links Responses	2 1 1	Fisheries exports down due to poor tuna prices and ethnic unrest. Unsustainable fishing threatens fragile reef ecosystems. Fishing rights granted to Taiwan (2001) severely undervalued. Explan. of govt. policy reforms proposed - and past policy failures. Artisanal sector imp. in rural income terms and as a protein source. Solomon's benefited under reg. Indic. Prog wrt fisheries, also funding of small rural fisheries centres.
Suriname	2001-7	Issues	1	Gold-mining is poisoning fish populations. Allusion to imp. of fishing (esp. shrimp) to national economy.
Tokelau	No CSP
Tonga	2002-7	Issues Links	1 1	Recogn. of enormity of Tongan fish resources - and potential for a "well-negotiated fishing agreement" to help. Comp. fisheries manag. plan being drawn up with Japanese support. Acc. to fishing (and land) allows families to meet basic subsist. needs.
Trinidad & T.
Tuvalu	2002-7	Issues Links	2 1	Abund. fish. resources, with dependence on sale of fishing licenses. Highlights revenues from fishing agreements with US/Japan/China. Notes government's intentions vis-à-vis sector. Rural population engaged in subsist. activity (inc. fishing). Suggestion that those dependent on artisanal fishing with no alt. income source are most vulnerable. Attempts to dev. domestic fisheries beyond subsist level ineffectual.
Vanuatu