The Project seeks institutions or individuals to implement a demonstration activity on “Effectiveness of closed seasons/areas” in order to assess the benefits to the fish stocks of this type of fisheries management, and illustrate the benefits to the fisher folk.
 

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the Call For Expressions of Interest for this activity.

***The demonstration activity on the “Effectiveness of closed seasons/areas” should address the regional target of “a 25-30% reduction in fishing effort.” This activity should assess the effectiveness of closed seasons/areas in reducing the fishing effort and enhancing fish stocks. The results should be widely broadcast to both policy makers and fisher folks. ***
 
The activity should also meet the following requirements:
 
1) carry out the necessary activities in the Yellow Sea;
2) demonstrate/evaluate the effects of the reduction in fishing effort in terms of the increase in reproductive success, catch composition, size and weight of fish before and after the closure period;
3) evaluate the fisher folk’s benefit from season/area fishing closures;
4) raise awareness of the benefits among both policy makers and fisher folk;
 
 
The expected outputs of this activity are:
 
1. A report documenting the work carried out and results of the above requirements;
2. The report should describe the outcomes of the evaluation and benefits to the fish stocks and fisher folk; and
3. Based on the experience, provide recommendations on this fisheries management policy could be improved through extensions of changes in the duration or areas covered by the fisheries closures.
 
The maximum implementation period of the project is 18 months. The project must be completed by December 2009 at the latest.

For the EOI submission format, please click on PDF file

 

Expressions of Interest can be sent by e-mail or fax (max. 10 pages) to the contact person below. Please indicate Ref. No.: F-I-08-closed­_areaseason-2147 on all submissions.
 

UNOPS Contact Information
UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea Project
KORDI Compound
1270, Sa-2dong, Sangnok
Ansan City, Gyeonggi Province
Republic of Korea 426-744
Attn: Mr Mark WALTON, Fisheries Officer 

Tel: + 82-31-400-7832
Fax: + 82-31-400-7826
E-mail: mark@yslme.org