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This is the link to Ecosystems Approach to Fisheries Management TOR/Rules and Regulation: Rules of Procedures of the CTI-CFF Ecosystems Approach to Fisheries Management Ecosystems Approach to Fisheries Management Working Group Goals, Targets and Indicators
The CTI-CFF Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) Working Group is a working group developed by the six (6) Member Countries on achieving the Goal 2 of CTI-CFF Regional Plan of Action, Ecosystem Approach to Management of Fisheries (EAFM) and other Marine Resources Fully Applied. This working group plans, develops, and manages fisheries in a manner that addresses the multiple needs and desires of societies, without threatening the ecosystems and marine resources for the benefit of the future generation.
The CTI-CFF EAFM members from 2021 – present are as follows:
The previous Eco-system Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) Chairs and Co-Chairs are as follows:
The CTI-CFF EAFM Working Group has collaborated with the US Department of Interior and the USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnership for the implementation of the electronic Catch and Documentation System (e-CDTS) for Tuna Fisheries from 2017 to 2019 under the Strengthening Organisational and Administrative Capacity for Improve Fisheries Management (SOACAP-IFM). The e-CDTS is a software developed by the USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnership that will record, among other things, the fishing ground location and the size of tuna catch in order to combat Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing in three Priority Seascapes.
Other examples of the accomplishments of the EAFM Working Group include:
A regional action plan/programs to promote and share knowledge, technology, and best practices are supported/implemented for COASTFISH regional framework is established, by 2023
There are many more outcomes and outputs indicators, but they are due later than 2023