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Report of Phase Two (04-14 November 2009) Training Project for Promotion of Community-based Fishery Resource Management by Coastal Small-scale Fishers in Indonesia Report of Phase Two (04-14 November 2009) International Cooperative Fisheries Organization of the International Cooperative Alliance & National Federation of Indonesian Fishermen’s Cooperative Societies The designations employed and the presentation of material in this Report do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the International Cooperative Fisheries Organization (ICFO) of the International Cooperative Alliance concerning the legal status of any country, territory, state or area or its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Opinion expressed in this Report are those of the authors and do not imply any opinion or whatsoever on the part of ICFO. Report prepared by Yugraj Singh Yadava Rajdeep Mukherjee Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation Masaaki Sato International Cooperative Fisheries Organization Photographs Y S Yadava M Sato Layout Design and Graphics S Jayaraj and Y S Yadava Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation For bibliographic purposes this document should be cited as Training Project for Promotion of Community - based Fishery Resource Management by Coastal Small - scale Fishers in Indonesia, Report of Phase Two (04-14 November 2009), International Cooperative Fisheries Organization of the International Cooperative Alliance & National Federation of Indonesian Fishermen’s Cooperative Societies, 2009, Pages 144. Copies of Phase Two Report can be requested from: Mr Masaaki Sato Secretary International Cooperative Fisheries Organization of the International Cooperative Alliance c/o Zengyoren 1-1-12 Uckhikanda Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Japan 101-8503 Tel: + 81 3 3294 – 9617; Fax: + 81 3 3294 – 3347 Email: [email protected] ©ICFO 2009 Printed at Nagaraj & Co. Pvt. Ltd., Chennai 600 096, Tamil Nadu, India ii Preface he International Cooperative Fisheries Organization (ICFO) of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) implemented the Phase Two activity i.e., Fisheries ResourceT Management Study Visit to Japan under the “Training Project for Promotion of Community-based Fishery Resource Management by Coastal Small-scale Fishers in Asia – 2009” during the period 04-14 November 2009. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Government of Japan funded this Project and on behalf of ICFO I would like express my heart-felt gratitude to MAFF, Government of Japan. The “Training Project for Promotion of Community-based Fishery Resource Management by Coastal Small-scale Fishers in Asia” was initiated in the Japanese Fiscal Year (JFY) 2006 and consists of Three Phases (Phase I: Dispatching of Experts to the selected country; Phase II: Fisheries Resource Management Study Visit to Japan; and Phase III: Seminar in the selected country). So far, the Project has been implemented in the Philippines (JFY 2006), Thailand (JFY 2007) and Vietnam (JFY 2008). In JFY 2009, the Project is being implemented in Indonesia and Phase One activities under the Project were completed in Indonesia in October 2009. The Study Visit under Phase Two activities was conducted in Tokyo and Aomori Prefecture (04-14 November 2009). Six participants from Indonesia and two advisors (one each from India and Japan) took part in the Programme. I would like to express my thanks to all the resource persons and the organizations/ institutions who cooperated with the successful implementation of the Study Visit to Japan. I would particularly like to thank the following: – Mr Hiroyuki MORIMOTO, Director, The Central Wholesale Market of Tokyo Metropolitan Government at Tsukiji, Tokyo; – The Central Wholesale Market of Tokyo Metropolitan Government at Tsukiji, Tokyo; – Mr Masahito SUNEYA, Director, International Cooperation Division, International Affairs Department, Minister’s Secretariat, MAFF, Government of Japan; – Mr Yuichi NAKAMURA, Deputy Director, International Cooperation Division, International Affairs Department, Minister’s Secretariat, MAFF, Government of Japan; – Mr Shuji YAMADA, Director General, Fishery Agency, MAFF, Government of Japan; – Mr Shoji UEMURA, President, Aomori Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan (also former Chairman of ICFO from 1992 to 2007); – Mr Masaaki KOIDE, Senior Managing Director, Aomori Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Gizou NISHIZAKI, President, Shin Fukaura Machi Fisheries Cooperative Association, Fukaura Machi (Fukaura Town), Nishi Tsugaru-Gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Shuichi ONO, Vice-President, Shin Fukaura Machi Fisheries Cooperative Association, Fukaura Machi (Fukaura Town), Nishi Tsugaru-Gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Hiroaki FUKUDA, Chief of all Divisions, Shin Fukaura Machi Fisheries Cooperative Association, Fukaura Machi (Fukaura Town), Nishi Tsugaru-Gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Morio TAKARADA, Director, Fisheries Promotion Division, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department, Aomori Prefectural Government, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; iii iv – Mr Mitsuo HAYASHI, Director, Aomori-Ken Kanko Renmei (Aomori Prefectural Tourism Association), Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Masayoshi KON, Director, the Central Wholesale Market of Aomori City, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Toshiaki KOUSAKA, Director, the Central Wholesale Market Division, Fisheries Promotion Division, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department, Aomori Prefectural Government, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Yuichi OUSAKA, Mayor, Hiranai Machi (Hiranai Town), Higashi Tsugaru-Gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Toshihiro UCHIYAMA, Director, Industry Promotion Division, Hiranai Machi Office (Hiranai Town Office), Higashi Tsugaru-Gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Hiroaki MITSUYA, President, Hiranai Machi Fisheries Cooperative Association, Hiranai Machi (Hiranai Town), Higashi Tsugaru-Gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Mitsuo TAKAHASHI, Director, Hiranai Scallop Processing Plant of Aomori Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, Hiranai Machi (Hiranai Town), Higashi Tsugaru-Gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Ryuichi NOTOYA, Director, “HOTATE HIROBA (Scallop Plaza)”, Hiranai Machi (Hiranai Town), Higashi Tsugaru-Gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Zenji TARAKITA, Director, Fisheries Research Institute, Local Independent Administrative Institution, Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Research Center, Hiranai Machi (Hiranai Town), Higashi Tsugaru-Gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; and – Dr Yoshinobu KOSAKA, Head, Planning and Management, Fisheries Research Institute, Local Independent Administrative Institution, Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Research Center, Hiranai Machi (Hiranai Town), Higashi Tsugaru- Gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The Study Visit to Japan would not have been successful without the cooperation and active participation of the advisors and experts who delivered lectures and guided the trainees during their visit to different organizations/ institutions/ locales in Tokyo and Aomori Prefecture. In this regard I would also like to thank the following: – Dr Yugraj Singh YADAVA, Director, Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organization (BOBP-IGO), Chennai, India; – Ms Ritsuko YONEDA, Deputy Director, Legal and Planning Section, Resources Management Division, Fishery Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Government of Japan, Tokyo, Japan; – Mr Michael Louis CLARK, Mansfield Fellow, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce, Washington DC, USA; – Mr Masaaki SATO, Secretary, International Cooperative Fisheries Organization of the International Cooperative Alliance, Tokyo, Japan; – Mr Jun MACHIBA, Deputy General Manager, Fishery Policy Department, National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, Tokyo, Japan; – Dr Jun-ichiro OKAMOTO, Professor, Marine Bio-resource Management Strategy, Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate City, Hokkaido, Japan; – Mr Akira ABURANO, Fisheries Expert, Fish Farming and Resource Management Group, Fisheries Promotion Division, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department, Aomori Prefectural Government, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; v vi – Mr Masanori KUMAKI, Manager, Guidance Division, Guidance Department, Aomori Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Atsushi KAMEDA, Assistant Chief, Scallop Aquaculture Promotion Section, Industry Promotion Division, Hiranai Machi Office (Hiranai Town Office), Hiranai Machi (Hiranai Town), Higashi Tsugaru-Gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; – Mr Shoji UEMURA, President, Aomori Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan (and also the former President of Hiranai Machi FCA); – Mr Yoshinori KABUTOMORI, Manager, Fisheries Resource Management Division, Fisheries Research Institute, Local Independent Administrative Institution, Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Research Center, Hiranai Machi (Hiranai Town), Higashi Tsugaru-Gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; and – Mr Naoyuki TAO, Advisor, Fisheries Co-operative Association Management Center Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. I hope that the Phase Two Study Visit to Japan was
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