Community-based resource management approach to address Philippine coastal resource degradation and overfishing.
1991
Vande Vusse F.J.
The Central Visayas Regional Project 1 (CVRP-1) has been implementing a US$3.5 million coastal resources management project at five sites encompassing 223 km of the central Philippine coastline for the past four years. Artisanal fishermen are recognized as the de facto managers of this resource. The project assists in developing a resource management system through community organization and use of simple appropriate technologies. Habitat management addresses both resource degradation and recruitment overfishing. Methods used by artisanal fishermen include coral reef/seagrass management and artificial reefs. Restoration of the nearshore coastal fisheries can reduce overfishing, allowing the maximization of profit from limited harvests. Harvest management builds on attitudes and opportunities resulting from successful habitat management and addresses growth overfishing. Methods used to date include small-scale sea ranching and farming, community control and illegal and destructive fishing methods and use of fish aggregating devices (FAD's). FADs present an opportunity for low overhead fishing with sustainable harvests for handline fishermen. Fishing communities have responded very well to this approach. Their direct involvement as primary implementors of successful technologies makes them realize that they themselves can significantly improve what many have regarded as a near hopeless situation.
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