FISHERIES WORKSHOP

 

Issues:

 

· EFZ Undefined · Ensure East Timor Gains Benefit from Resources (fishery) exploitation · Build Domestic Fishing Capacity · Equitable Division of fishery areas (within EFZ) · Fisheries Education · No Fisheries Policy · No Legislation · Absence of Data and Info · Enforcement · Protect Domestic Industry from Imports.

 

 

PRIORITY ISSUES

STRATEGIES

BUILDING DOMESTIC FISHING

·        Education and training

·        Provide equipment (nets,lines, boats)

·        Quality control

·        Marketing

·        Infrastructure (storage, processing, transport)

·        Offshore training & employment

ENSURE  EAST TIMOR GAINS THE BENEFITS

·        Develop Fisheries Policy

·        East Timor involvement in all aspects of fisheries

-         Planning

-         Fishing

-         Management

·        Sell licences

·        Ensure offloading in East Timor

Seek local community employment/training etc

·        Community fishing education, training for subsistence fishing

·        Avoid bad practices

·        Ensure regulatory enforcement

 

EFZ Undefined

Prepare EFZ

Maps

1) Independent Body With National Observers (Aust, East Indonesiaian)

2) Resources

MOU

·        Negotiate and make lines explicit