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DECEMBER - 2000 ISBN 983-9114-11-5 MARINE FISHERY RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF SEAFDEC KUALA TERENGGANU. MALAYSIA SEAFDEC MFRDMD RM/7 REPORT OF THE FOURTH REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON SHARED STOCKS: RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ORGANISED BY: MARINE FISHERY RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT SOUTHEAST ASIAN FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT CENTER KUALA TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA 24th - 26th JANUARY 2000 REPORT OF THE FOURTH REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON SHARED STOCKS: RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ORGANISED BY: MARINE FISHERY RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT SOUTHEAST ASIAN FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT CENTER KUALA TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA 24th - 26th JANUARY 2000 copyright © 2000 Marine Fishery Resources Development And Management Department Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Copyright owner. REPORT OF THE FOURTH REGIONAL WORKSHOP ISBN 983-9114-11-5 Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Regional Workshop on Shared Stock : Research Management in the South China Sea (4th : 2000 : Kuala Terengganu) Report of the Fourth Regional Workshop on Shared Stocks : Research Management in the South China Sea 24th - 26th January 2000 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia / organized by Marine Fishery Resources, Development and Management Department Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, ISBN 983-9114-11-5 1. Fisheries—South China Sea—Congresses. 2. Fish Stocking—Congresses. I. Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center. Marine Fisheries Research Department. II. Title. 338.3727 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. Report of the Fourth Regional Workshop on Shared Stocks: Research and Management in the South China Sea 1 2. List of Participants and Observers 15 3. Opening Remark 23 4. Opening Address 25 5. Adopted Agenda 29 6. The Pelagic Fishery on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia 35 7. Country Status Report Malaysia : Sabah 45 8. Country Status Report Malaysia : Sarawak 59 9. Country Status Report : Thailand 73 10. Country Status Report : Vietnam 91 11. Country Status Report : Philippines 105 12. Country Status Report : Brunei Darussalam 125 13. Country Status Report : Indonesia 135 14. Implementation of Past Recommendations From the Shared Stocks Workshops: the SEAFDEC Experience 153 15. Review on Status and Biomass of Pelagic Fishery Resources in the South China Sea Area 163 16. Stock Sharing Among Neighboring Coastal States 185 17. Management of Shared Stocks in South China Sea: Are We Ready? 195 18. Regional Fisheries Statistics of the Southeast Asian Region 209 19. Optimizing the Applications of Marine Geographical Information System (MARINE GIS) in Fishery and Resource Management in Southeast Asian Region 219 20. Application of Remote Sensing in Fisheries 235 21. Regionalisation of the Code of Conduct For Responsible Fisheries Phase III: Fisheries Management 259 22. Review of SEAFDEC Collaborative Resource Surveys in the South China Sea 267 23. Future Regional Fisheries Resource Survey Program of SEAFDEC 273 24. Minutes of the Meeting of the Working Group on Shared Stocks in the Southeast Asian Region 279 REPORT OF The Fourth Regional Workshop on Shared Stocks: Research and Management in the South China Sea 24th - 26th January 2000 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia I. Introduction 1. The SEAFDEC MFRDMD Fourth Regional Workshop on Shared Stocks: Research and Management in the South China Sea was held in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, from 24th to 26th January 2000. The main objectives of this workshop are (a) to identify the problems in the management of shared fish stocks in the South China Sea, (b) to identify appropriate management systems for the shared fish stocks in the South China Sea, and (c) to develop appropriate regional fish resources survey mechanisms. 2. The Workshop was attended by delegates from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Training Department of SEAFDEC; resource persons from FAO, SEAFDEC Secretariat, and MFRDMD, and observers from Department of Fisheries Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia, University College Terengganu, and the DANIDA project on the Assessment of the Living Marine Resources in Vietnam (ALMRV). The list of delegates appears as Annex 1. II. Opening Ceremony 3. Mr Ismail Taufid Md Yusoff, Chief of SEAFDEC MFRDMD, welcomed all the participants to the Workshop. He was happy to have Mr. Hashim bin Ahmad, the Deputy-Director General of Fisheries Malaysia, officiate in the Opening Ceremony, on behalf of the Director-General, because Mr. Hashim has been very much involved and familiar with the affairs of SEAFDEC. The Workshop was also fortunate to have resource persons from the FAO and the SEAFDEC Secretariat, whose presence and contribution were deemed as very important, to help guide the participants on the proper track in carrying out their mission. To ensure the sustainable development of the shared fish stocks, he hoped the fisheries managers of the region would support the work identified for implementation by the fisheries researchers at the national level. The full text of Mr. Ismail's opening address is given as Annex 2. 4. In his keynote address, Mr Hashim bin Ahmad, the Deputy-Director General of Fisheries Malaysia, welcomed all participants to the Workshop on behalf of the Director-General and the Government of Malaysia. He was pleased to note that MFRDMD had started its activities rather early in the new millenium, amidst the still on-going festive mood of the New Year and Eid celebration everyone was presently enjoying. He reiterated that SEAFDEC viewed the convening of regional workshops as one of its more important activities because it fulfilled the needs of the SEAFDEC Strategic Plan in providing a forum for fisheries scientists and managers to meet, plan and formulate suitable programs and activities for the research and management of fisheries resources in the region. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea had stipulated that coastal states were obliged to conserve their marine resources, protect and preserve their marine environment, and cooperate directly or through 1 existing international organizations. He hoped that SEAFDEC through MFRDMD would be able to address such obligations in a more effective manner. He expected the Workshop to provide a strong initiative for what could eventually be a successful program of collaborative activities and mutual benefits for the countries in the region, and wished all participants every success in their deliberations. The full text of Mr. Hashim's keynote address appears as Annex 2a. 5. On behalf of the Director General of Fisheries Malaysia as well as SEAFDEC Council Director for Malaysia, Mr. Hashim Ahmad declared open the Workshop. III. Business Arrangements (a) Adoption of the Agenda and Time Table of the Workshop 6. The Workshop adopted the Agenda and Time Table, which appear as Annex 3. (b) Appointment of Chairpersons and Rapporteurs 7. Mr. Hitoshi Fujita, Deputy Chief of SEAFDEC MFRDMD, Dr. Yasuhisa Kato of the SEAFDEC SECRETARIAT, Dr. Purwito of the FAO, Mr. Ibrahim Salleh of SEAFDEC MFRDMD and Mr. Ismail Taufid Md. Yusoff, Chief of SEAFDEC MFRDMD, were appointed as chairpersons of the workshop sessions; while Dr. Mohd Taupek Mohd Nasir, Dr. Mansor Mat Isa, Mr. Raja Bidin Raja Hassan and Mr. Ku Kassim Ku Yaacob of SEAFDEC MFRDMD were appointed as rapporteurs for the plenary sessions. Dr. Mohd Taupek Mohd Nasir served as the Technical Rapporteur for the whole Workshop. IV. Country Status Reports In Relation To Shared Fish Stocks And Management Experiences Chairperson Mr. Hitoshi Fujita, SEAFDEC MFRDMD (i) Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia) “The Pelagic Fishery on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia”- by Ms. Chee Phaik Ean (Annex 4) 8. The paper gave an overview of the status of the pelagic fishery resources on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. These resources most probably consist of transboundary stocks since pelagic fish are characteristically migratory in nature. It has also been accepted that many of these stocks are shared by a few countries in the adjacent area. However, after years of meetings and deliberations, problems in the actual assessment and management of these shared stocks still prevail. This report also outlined some of the outstanding problems relating to these aspects. (ii) Malaysia (Sabah) “Marine fisheries resources status: Sabah report” - by Mr. Irman Isnain (Annex 5) 2 9. The 1998 total marine fisheries landings in Sabah was about 196,000 metric tonnes valued at RM 660 million, which was an increase of about 12.5 % compared to the value of 1997. The fishing grounds here are divided into two major zones: the West Coast Zone and the East Coast Zone. The estimated potential yields were around 265,000 tonnes and 85,000 tonnes in the coastal fisheries and deep sea fisheries, respectively. Pelagic species had the biggest component in the marine fisheries sector at about 50% of the yearly marine fish landing, had migratory behavior and were exploited together as shared stocks with neighboring countries. The demersal resources ranged from mid to overexploited level. In terms of value, prawn resources were the most important component in the marine fish production sector. Discussion The Workshop was informed that some differences in the water salinity of Sabah compared to