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32 What has been the progress and achievement(s) over the last 12 months? (continued) • Samoa: supported management of Aleipata and Safata marine protected areas established via trust funds. Since November 2009, Conservation International and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment have been working with local communities to restore coastal habitats impacted by the 2009 tsunami. • Trials of post-larval capture and culture in Kirimati Island Kiribati. • Shark tagging. What progress is anticipated over the next 12 months? Government of Cook Islands • Implementations of the Bonefi sh regulations through public awareness programs together with enhanced monitoring by the Ministry of Marine Resources Compliance Unit. • Continued monitoring program of the Takitumu lagoon. • Management Plans developed for various designated fi sheries (for example, Trochus on Rarotonga). Government of Kiribati • Marine profi ling surveys to be conducted for the rest of the Gilbert and Line groups. Government of Palau • Palau’s marine protected areas have required technical support to strengthen the capacity of their monitoring. In 2008, the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Government of Palau created the Joint Coordination Committee to conduct such a project. Their annual meeting resulted in agreements to prepare the monitoring plan based on the standardised regulations of Palau and other international initiatives, along with promoting the participation of local communities and offi cials of State governments in the monitoring activities. Government of the Republic of Marshall Islands • Expand and develop more marine protected areas. Government of Tuvalu • Assist in formulating by-law to ensure sustainable harvesting of other shore and land resources. Government of Vanuatu • Consultation workshops in the provinces on integrated coastal resources management and undertaking resource assessment benchmark surveys in existing marine protected areas. Secretariat of the Pacifi c Community (SPC) • Evaluation of the impact of marine protected areas, and associated support including baseline surveys, participatory monitoring, and • Methodology adaptation. • Development of eco-regional conservation plans. • Implementation of International Watershed Catchment Management activities.
What progress is anticipated over the next 12 months? (continued) • Support for coastal habitat restoration including through waste management and replanting of mangrove areas. Are there any risks or major issues that are impacting on your organisations capacity to implement this decision? Government of Cook Islands • A risk will be that as increased anglers arrive in Aitutaki, there will not be enough ‘guides’ to cater for the increase. • Increased costs of water-quality testing of samples collected from the Takitumu Lagoon. • Major issue is getting buy-in from the Aronga Mana to the development of ‘European’ regulations for the Raui. Government of Kiribati • Although marine protected areas would act as a reserve and would supply affected reefs, this could cause people to lose out on traditional fi shing grounds as a result of the establishment of marine protected areas. Government of Palau • Lack of capacity and resources and/or commitment of local communities and government offi cials. Government of Tuvalu • People might resist the restrictions on the use of natural resources. • Public negative reaction and budget costs often impede proper implementation of by-laws. Government of Vanuatu • Capacity needed within the Department of Fisheries to support these initiatives at the community level, given that the fully ‘protected’ sites are initiated through traditional means of conserving the environment and their resources for only periods of time. Secretariat of the Pacifi c Community (SPC) • Greater support for marine protected areas is required at the institutional level whilst at site level, good governance within the village. • Context and respect for fi shing regulations are essential. • Natural disasters such as the 2009 tsunami can impact the development and long-term management of marine protected areas. • A need to ensure that fi sheries information products are relevant to and are reaching the people who can use them. • Limited capacity in the programme in to deal with work in the legal and economic areas. • An emerging issue that seems likely to consume a fair amount of time and effort is the introduction of new species and varieties of tilapia for aquaculture. SPC has never promoted species introductions, but the advantages of using familiar species and carefully selected strains of any animal for food production are well known. 33
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