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NEWS
Indian Ocean Study Tour in Mauritius To Address Sustainable Fisheries Management
3/11/08: The Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit (CPSU), the Commonwealth think-tank, working as part of the Commonwealth Fisheries Programme has brought together fisheries experts from Tanzania, Mozambique and Mauritius in an exchange programme looking at innovative methods in fisheries management.
The international exchange programme, which began in Dar-es-Salaam on 3rd November 2008 and lasts for twelve days, seeks to highlight major challenges in fisheries management. The team convened in Mauritius for a discussion with local stakeholders to look at how as a small island it has responded positively to challenges affecting its fisheries. The Managing Director of Princes Tuna, representatives from the Fisheries Division and the National Coast Guard all participated in the lively discussions.
The Commonwealth Fisheries Programme study tour is designed to facilitate discussion of ideas and uncover initiatives to address the major threats to fishing; and to provide examples of good practice to other countries in the region on issues including:
- Declining fish stocks
- Management techniques
- Livelihoods of traditional coastal communities
- Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing
The team will be focusing the rest of the study tour on field research and will be visiting the Black River region to meet coastal communities, as well as the industrial sector and tuna processing centres.
The research and awareness-raising of the study tour will feed in to the Commonwealth programme. This will report its findings to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) due to take place in Trinidad and Tobago in November 2009. The programme is being managed by a Commonwealth consortium consisting of the Commonwealth Foundation, the Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit (CPSU) and the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC).
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