3.1.4 Monitoring and control activities
Even if resource management measures, such as adjusting fishing efforts, recruiting new resources, and improving habitats, are planned and implemented, the results of resource management cannot be assured if illegal fishing is rampant. This section describes how to support and improve resource management activities by strengthening monitoring and control activities.
- Clarify the responsibilities and roles of supervisory and control activities in consultation with administrative authorities.
- Decide and implement procedures for monitoring and control activities.
- Clarify the legal status of supervisory and control activities and establish a supervisory authority.
Clarify the responsibilities and roles of supervisory and control activities in consultation with administrative authorities.
The methods of monitoring and control activities should be discussed among the fisheries resource management organisations, Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, and the relevant local government departments (Fisheries Directorate and Fisheries Division) and make decisions on the process and frequency of monitoring and control activities. If no organisation is responsible for monitoring and control activities, the creation of an organisation, such as a resource monitoring committee, should be considered. If an organisation is already responsible for monitoring and control activities, such as a residents’ organisation, the Fisheries Directorate, or the police, the responsibilities and division of roles should be clarified.
Decide and implement procedures for monitoring and control activities.
Procedures should be established for fisheries resource management organisations to conduct onshore and offshore monitoring and control activities for resource management, with the support of relevant central and local government departments. Accordingly, monitoring and control activities will be conducted based on organised laws, by-laws, and regulations.
25. Monitoring activities for fisheries resource management by beach committee
In a context of environmental degradation in the Saloum Delta in central Senegal, beach committee activities aimed at managing and protecting environmental resources flourished in the 2000s at the initiative of the IUCN. In August 2003, beach committees were formed in 24 villages in the department of Foundiougne, including Rofangue, Fambine, Gague Cherif, and Gague Bokar. The beach committees received patrol boats, scales, badges, gloves, work clothes, boots, and other equipment necessary for surveillance activities and training sessions were organised on the shrimp fishing regulation order.
Clarify the legal status of supervisory and control activities and establish a supervisory authority.
Regular workshops should be held in the target community to present the results of the monitoring and control activities for the people in the community and to discuss challenges and future measures. The Resource Monitoring Committee (provisional name), which is responsible for monitoring and control, liaises with the Fisheries Directorate, police, and other relevant agencies to establish a monitoring authority. Central and local governments should promote legislation to establish the supervisory authority of the resource supervision committee and to consider securing the necessary budget for its activities.
