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UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Project of the Republic of the Sudan Project number: 170230 Project title: Building institutional capacities for an eco-system approach to management of the marine fishery in the Red Sea State (Phase II) Thematic area code: GC3 Safeguarding the Environment, GC30 unassigned Starting date: January 2019 Duration: 48 months Project site: Red Sea State Government Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries, Ministry of Industry Co-ordinating agency: Marine Fisheries Administration Red Sea State, Red Sea State Counterpart: University – Faculty of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, Red Sea Red Sea Fisheries Research Station Port Sudan Executing agency/ cooperating agency: Institute of Marine Research, Norway (IMR ) Project Inputs: - total budget: € 5,600,974.63 - Norwegian contribution incl. 13% € 4,899,586.54 support costs: - UNIDO contribution: € 394,490.19 - Counterpart contribution: € 196,683.95 Brief description: By continuing to strengthen institutional capacities of the Marine Fisheries Administration for the maintenance and use of a Fishery Statistics System, the mapping of marine fisheries resources and landings and the development, implementation and monitoring of management plans adopting the ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM), the project will further consolidate the knowledge base for the sustainable management and development of artisanal and semi-industrial fisheries in the Red Sea Sate of the Republic of Sudan. The project will contribute to the establishment of an ecosystem approach to the management of key commercial and harvested fish species in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), within biologically sustainable levels and increase the economic benefits from sustainable fisheries in a least developed country. Thus, by contributing to achieve targets 14.2, 14.4 and 14.7 of SDG 14 ‘Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development’ the project will contribute to reducing the prevalence of undernourishment in the Red Sea State and to sustain per capita economic growth. And as such contribute to attain target 2.1 of SDG 2 ‘End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture’. Furthermore by making decision makers aware of the economic potential of sustainably managed marine resources for non-fisheries related socio-economic development the project will also contribute to achieve target 8.1 of SDG 8. ‘Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all’. 1 Approved: Signature: Date: Name and title: On behalf of the Norwegian Embassy: ___________________ __________ ____________________ On behalf of the Republic of the Sudan: ___________________ __________ ____________________ On behalf of UNIDO: ___________________ __________ ___________________ 2 ACCRONYMS AGR Agribusiness Unit BRD Bycatch Reduction Device BRUV Baited Remote Underwater Video CPUE Catch per Unit Effort CDCF Centre for Development Cooperation CIDA Canadian International Development Organisation CTD conductivity, temperature, density measuring device CPU Catch Per Unit Effort DAN Divers Alert Network DOV Diver Operated Video EAFM Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management EEZ Extended Economic Zone EU European Union EVA Evaluation Unit FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation GEF Global Environment Facility ILS Improved Landing Site IMPS Industrial Modernisation Programme of the Republic of the Sudan IMR Institute of Marine Research IRE Industrial Resource Efficiency Division ISID Inclusive Sustainable Industrial Development LAI Liginal Al Ishraf/landing site oversight committee LS landing site LSM landing site manager MSc Master of Science MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield MDG Millennium Development Goal MFA Marine Fishery Administration MOSS Minimum Operating Security Standards NOK Norwegian Krone NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation OFID OPEC Development Fund OPEC Organisation of Petrol Exporting Countries PADI Professional Association of Diving Instructors PSC Project Steering Committee RBM Results Based Management RSFRC Red Sea Fisheries Research Station Port Sudan RSS Red Sea State SDG Sustainable Development Goal SGP Sudanese Pound SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats TA technical assistance TED Turtle Excluding Device TORs Terms of Reference TOT Training of Trainers TRTA Trade Related Technical Assistance UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization URS-FMSF University of the Red Sea State-Faculty of Marine Sciences and Fisheries UVC Underwater Visual Census VMS Vessel Monitoring System WMU Water Management Unit WP Work Package 3 A. GLOBAL CONTEXT Oceans and seas and their resources support human well-being and livelihoods. They underpin poverty eradication, food security, employment, tourism and protection from natural disasters. They provide humans with water and oxygen while also acting as the primary regulator of the global climate and an important sink for greenhouse gases. Marine and coastal ecosystems provide a vital basis for the livelihoods of many coastal communities, particularly in developing countries. More than 3 billion people rely on fish for animal protein, out of which more than 500 million rely on fish from vulnerable coral reed ecosystems. Some 300 million people find their livelihoods in marine fisheries, 90 per cent of whom work in small-scale artisanal fisheries. The consumption of fish is increasing in all countries. However, destructive fishing practices, overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing are increasing pressures on marine ecosystems, and nearly one third of all fish stocks are now below sustainable levels, up from 10 per cent in 1974. Harmful fisheries subsidies exacerbate the problem by encouraging fishing over the limits of capacity. Climate change and ocean warming is threatening coral reef ecosystems worldwide, and it is estimated that 30-50 % of tropical coral reefs were lost or permanently damaged in the last three decades. In the face of this situation, governments, organizations and individuals are taking action. Several integrated, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral tools have been developed to help manage activities in the oceans and seas in a more sustainable manner, including ecosystem approaches and area-based management tools. The importance of ecosystems and ecosystem approaches, and the need for enhancing their resilience, is now recognized as the basis for sustainable management of the marine environment and resources. Managing fisheries sustainably under an ecosystem approach to fisheries management involves balancing sustainable use and biodiversity and habitat conservation on the basis of the best available scientific information, data, knowledge and best practices. Often, however, there seems to be a lack of institutional capacities and no clear process for addressing knowledge gaps and ensuring that sound advice is available for management in relation to critical fishery resources, habitats and critical natural processes. Furthermore, sustainable management of fisheries in coastal ecosystems requires the sustained inclusion and participation of coastal communities. Legislative and policy frameworks should foster community organization and allow for their full participation in the management of marine resources as stewards, as their engagement helps achieve better biodiversity outcome. Despite these challenges sustainable ocean-based economies, which build on fisheries, tourism, aquaculture, and other activities, are increasingly being looked at as a path to sustainable development of particular importance to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and least developed countries (LDCs) with access to the sea. In this context a broad number of key note speakers at the UN Oceans Conference (June 2017) stressed the importance of the provision of technical assistance to build institutional capacities in small island developing states and least developed countries with access to the sea to be a key element for these countries to attain SDG 14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. This is also recognized in the Norwegian Fish for Development Policy Document, which states: The trends in development assistance indicate that technical assistance and the transfer of technology and competence are becoming more and more important compared to capital investment 1. B. COUNTRY CONTEXT The Red Sea State is located in the northeast of the Republic of the Sudan (latitude 16 to 22 North, longitude 35 to 37 East), with international borders to Egypt in the North, and Eritrea in the South. The Red Sea State (RSS) is the only state in the Republic of the Sudan bordering the ocean (Red Sea). RSS has a coastline of 750 km and an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 91.600 km 2 including a 1 Fish for Development, Policy Document, Norad 2018, https://norad.no/globalassets/filer- 2017/programmer/fish-for-development/fish-for-development-policy-document-february-2018.pdf 4 shelf area of 22.300 km². On this shelf area, Sudan’s Red Sea coast harbours a unique coral reef ecosystem which is generally in a very good state, and in some areas, has ecosystem health indicators (e.g. large predatory fish) at levels similar to remote Pacific atolls 2. Moreover, the Red Sea coral reef ecosystems are of global significance,