and fisheries years additional funding marine fisheries policy management is required Revised provincial ($500,000 +) Policy and Legal Fisheries Act and As above Revise 2006 National Policy and Development supporting regulations Fisheries Policy and legislative work Balochistan Guidelines will take 5 years. Central and Balochistan Regulations can be Revise National governments Gazettes revised and/or new Fisheries Act and State Fisheries Dept. Reports. ones developed. Guidelines. Rationalize Fishing Effort Catch initially maintained at 50,000 fishers No new licenses issued Initial restrictions Mostly Fisheries Department dependent on for fishing boats after of fishing effort can administrative reports on vessel current levels of ~130,000 the fishery 2012. Numbers to be introduced numbers, fishing gears, tonnes/year but later adjusted High initially remain at 2012 immediately but numbers of fishermen Possibly in line with updated catch, FDB may be able to levels. Fisheries another assist. effort and stock assessments. Department will 300,000 Develop functional Processors reports need investments to dependents of vessel registration Licensed boat numbers to strengthen MCS to fisherfolk and system, initially for Production of strategy enforce the rules remain at ~7,200 in 2013 and ancillary trawler and then documents. workers in the inshore vessels Vessel registration then reduced with time industry could take 1-2 years Strategy on new licenses to be Livelihoods promulgated. strategy development could Develop strategy for take 1 year comprehensive alternative livelihoods program to address declining employment in fisheries sector from fleet reduction
and fisheries management years additional funding is required ($500,000 +) marine fisheries policy Revised provincial Fisheries Act and supporting regulations Central and Balochistan governments Gazettes Fisheries Dept. Reports. Policy and Legal Development As above Revise 2006 National Fisheries Policy and Balochistan Guidelines Revise National Fisheries Act and State Guidelines. Policy and legislative work will take 5 years. Regulations can be revised and/or new ones developed. Rationalize Fishing Effort Catch initially maintained at current levels of ~130,000 tonnes/year but later adjusted in line with updated catch, effort and stock assessments. Licensed boat numbers to remain at ~7,200 in 2013 and then reduced with time High 50,000 fishers dependent on the fishery Possibly another 300,000 dependents of fisherfolk and ancillary workers in the industry No new licenses issued for fishing boats after 2012. Numbers to initially remain at 2012 levels. Develop functional vessel registration system, initially for trawler and then inshore vessels Strategy on new licenses to be promulgated. Develop strategy for comprehensive alternative livelihoods program to address declining employment in fisheries sector from fleet reduction Initial restrictions of fishing effort can be introduced immediately but Fisheries Department will need investments to strengthen MCS to enforce the rules Vessel registration could take 1-2 years Livelihoods strategy development could take 1 year Mostly administrative FDB may be able to assist. Fisheries Department reports on vessel numbers, fishing gears, numbers of fishermen Processors reports Production of strategy documents.
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