Fisheries Annex Protected Area Management Plan for the Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape, Region 12, Philippines (2016 – 2021) Final Draft – February 2019 I Submission Date: June 20, 2019 Submitted by: The USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnerhip (USAID Oceans), in partnership with the Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape Protected Area Management Board and the Philippines’ Ecosystem Approach for Fisheries Management Technical Working Group Contract Number: AID-486-C-15-00001 Contract Period: May 14, 2015 to May 13, 2020 COR Name: Cristina Vélez-Srinivasan About USAID Oceans The United States Agency for International Development Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans) works to both strengthen regional cooperation to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and promote sustainable fisheries to conserve marine biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific region. USAID Oceans is implemented through a partnership between USAID’s Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and works in collaboration with regional and U.S. government agencies, including the Coral Triangle Initiative for Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI- CFF) and the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Learn more about USAID Oceans at www.seafdec-oceanspartnership.org. About this Document This ‘Fisheries Annex,’ is a planning document that forms part of the Protected Area Management Plan (PAMP) (2016-2021) for Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape (SBPS) in Region 12, Philippines. It is a proposed framework adopting an ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) with focus on the municipal fisheries of Sarangani Bay’s seven surrounding coastal city/municipalities: (1) Maitum, (2) Kiamba, (3) Maasim, (4) Alabel, (5) Malapatan, (6) Glan and (7) General Santos City. The crafting of this document was facilitated through a technical assistance request of the SBPS’ Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Region 12 (DENR 12) to USAID Oceans. This document is a collaborative effort among the SBPS-PAMB, DENR 12, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Regional Office 12’s Technical Working Group for Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (BFAR-EAFM TWG), the technical staff of local government units (LGUs) within the Sarangani Bay, and other participants of the series of workshops that crafted and refined the plan into its current form through the generous support and technical assistance from the USAID Oceans project. This document is intended to provide a framework for fisheries management within the SBPS to support the implementation of its PAMP (2016-2021) by relevant governmental agencies, LGUs, non- governmental partners, academic and research institutions, and the fishing industry sector that altogether will benefit from an effective fisheries management and biodiversity conservation within the protected seascape. This Fisheries Annex is also intended to complement the Sarangani Bay and Sulawesi Sea Sustainable Fisheries Management Plan developed by BFAR Region 12 and local partners for the Fisheries Management Area in the Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Seas) in Southern Mindanao. This document was produced for review and approval by the United States Agency for International Development/Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA). The views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. Cover photo: Coastal area of the Sarangani Bay. Philippines Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Region 12. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................... 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 1 EXPANDED SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................ 4 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Vision for Fisheries Management of Sarangani Bay ........................................................................ 7 1.2 Rationale/Background for Crafting of Fisheries Annex of PAMP ............................................... 7 1.3 Planning Process for Crafting Fisheries Annex of PAMP ............................................................. 8 1.4 Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape as Fisheries Management Unit .......................................... 12 1.5 Overview of Protected Area Management Plan (PAMP) of SBPS ............................................ 14 2. PROFILE OF SARANGANI BAY .............................................................................................................. 14 2.1 Geography of Sarangani Bay and its Ecological Features ............................................................ 14 2.2 Socioeconomics .................................................................................................................................... 19 2.3 Fisheries Profile .................................................................................................................................... 28 2.4 Policy and Legal Framework.............................................................................................................. 36 2.5 Organizations/Institutions Involved in Fisheries Management .................................................. 40 2.6 Fisheries/CRM Plans ............................................................................................................................ 50 2.7 Current Initiatives on Catch Documentation and Traceability and Associated Partners .. 51 3. MAJOR ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES ................................................................................................ 52 3.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 52 3.2 Ecological ............................................................................................................................................... 53 3.3 Human .................................................................................................................................................... 55 3.4 Governance ........................................................................................................................................... 58 3.5 Key Development Opportunities .................................................................................................... 60 4. MANAGEMENT GOALS AND ACTIONS OF MUNICIPAL FISHERIES ....................................... 61 4.1 Management Goals .............................................................................................................................. 61 4.2 Management Actions by CNFIDP Agreed Consolidated Actions ............................................ 70 4.3 Management Actions Proposed During Stakeholder Consultation Workshop (SCW) ..... 73 5. CHAPTER 5. OPERATIONAL PLANNING, ANNEX ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION …………………………………………………………………………………… ……………... 75 5.1 Designing of Institutional Arrangements ........................................................................................ 75 5.2 Operational Planning ........................................................................................................................... 76 5.3 Implementation of Early Management Actions ............................................................................. 78 5.4 Adoption of Fisheries Annex ............................................................................................................ 78 5.5 Development of the Monitoring and Evaluation Scheme ........................................................... 78 5.6 Financing the Fisheries Annex ........................................................................................................... 81 Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape (SBPS) Fisheries Annex Page 1 6. BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................................ 84 APPENDIX I – Contributors ............................................................................................................................... 91 APPENDIX II – Summary List of Municipal/City/Provincial Fisheries Ordinances related to CRM and Environmental and Natural Resources Management in Sarangani Bay ............................................ 102 APPENDIX III – Proposed Action Plans of Municipal and Provincial LGUs in Sarangani Bay ........... 108 List of Tables Table 1. Key Dates for Crafting the Fisheries Annex from 2016 to 2019 ................................................. 8 Table 2. Summary of zones in SBPS ................................................................................................................... 15 Table 3. Hectarage of major marine habitat types within municipal LGUs of Sarangani Bay .............. 16 Table 4. Marine Protected Areas / sanctuaries along the coastal waters of Sarangani Bay ................. 17 Table 5. Proposed Network of Marine Protected Areas along the coastal waters of Sarangani