Who is involved now in fisheries and fisheries management and who might be interested in working with the Bank and others to develop new approaches like AllFISH?
How might ALLFISH operate in the long term, after Bank funding ceases?
How do we inform various stakeholders about the need for a new way of thinking about fisheries management and ALLFISH as a potential solution?
How do we engage the fisheries in developing nations in creating a voice for the fishing communities in governance?
How do we demonstrate ALLFISH will work in aquiculture?
How do we demonstrate ALLFISH will work in Wild capture fisheries?
What are the measures of unique new ways of thinking about fisheries management that ALLFISH would consider?
Stocktaking-Stakeholder Analysis (2009 contract with SeaWeb)
SeaWeb will work through its robust network of fishery, ocean conservation, and seafood industry stakeholders to identify potential partners in both wild-caught fisheries and aquaculture that can work with the Bank and other stakeholders to identify projects that exemplify innovation and sustainable practices in their field. This work will focus specifically on the identification of potential partners and not the projects themselves, taking into account the need to develop umbrella fishing producer organizations at the national and regional levels. Future ALLFISH work on industry codes of practice should also be considered.
SeaWeb will work to find stakeholders that represent a broad set of interests and points of view to in an effort to identify the most appropriate set of potential fishery and aquaculture programs for inclusion in this process.
SeaWeb will interview potential partnerships and provide ALLFISH with information about the potential partners’ willingness and ability to participate in the ALLFISH process and an assessment of their willingness and ability to contribute resources (in kind or financial) to the partnerships.
Seafood Choices Alliance, a program of SeaWeb will also convene key partners to identify gaps and opportunities related to stakeholder engagement for the ALLFISH process.
Global Partnerships – Strategy for Long Term Industry Engagement (no formal activity in 2009)
Global Partnerships – Global Communications Plan
In 2009, ALLFISH developed a logo, a brochure describing the Alliance for Responsible Fisheries and its objectives, and established this website. In 2010, ALLFISH will establish its Global Communications Plan.
BROCHURE
Capacity Building – Expand ICFA Representation
In 2009, ALLFISH communicated with seafood organizations in developing countries in Africa, Europe, Central and South America and Asia about the advantages membership in the International Coalition of Fisheries Associations. We will continue these efforts in 2010. A list of current ICFA member organizations, their mailing and email addresses, links to their websites, and the name of a point of contact for each is found at xxxx.
Global Governance Action Program – Identify Fisheries Improvement Projects
ALLFISH is launching a public private partnership project for sustainable fisheries for blue swimming crab in Indonesia and the Philippines. Thus far, US importers who purchase 75 to 80% of the imports of blue swimming crab that enter the United States have formed a coalition for sustainable crab fisheries. They have hired a contractor to draft a detailed “business plan” for this project. When that plan is complete (in February 2010) it will be posted at this location on the website.
Global Governance Action Program – Identify Aquaculture Improvement Projects
ALLFISH did not identify an aquaculture improvement project in 2009. Starting an aquaculture project is a high priority for 2010. A list of possible projects will be posted at this location on the website early in 2010.
Improved Governance Action Program – Identify Fisheries Improvement Projects
Seafood businesses depend on the environmental AND the economic sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture to remain viable. “Wealth creation” is a phrase that encompasses a number of complex concepts. These include the entire value chain and they require novel ways of thinking about seafood production. Two projects under this program element are designed to help fishing and aquaculture production in developing countries create wealth.
Fishery Performance Indicators: The first project, led by Professor Jim Anderson from the University of Rhode Island, will attempt to look at fishery performance indicators. Essentially, these will be economic indicators or indices, most of which are already in use, that can show whether the elements of a fishery or aquaculture management regime are economically successful.
Certification Benchmarking: The second project, not yet fully operational, will apply the “benchmarking” process that was used in the Global Food Safety Initiative. It will look at “sustainability” certification programs with a view towards describing the minimal acceptable levels that must be met at each stage in the value chain in order for a certification program to be acceptable. This benchmarking approach will untangle the web of confusion that surround the numerous certificates and ecolabels and descriptions of “safe-to-eat” fish. Benefits of the benchmarking will accrue to consumers, who will understand what products are and are not sustainably produced. More importantly, developing country producers can easily understand what rules developing markets require them to follow along each step in the value chain. If producers want to sell product in developed country markets, they will understand much more clearly how to produce that product. The National Fisheries Institute and the Consumer Goods Forum will support this project.
PDF for FPI
PDF for Cert. Benchmarking