Rare Program for Sustainable Fishing in the Philippines

Strengthening MPA management through local communities

Pride English Program 2 (PEP-II)

Objectives of this Presentation

1. To illustrate the state of Philippine fisheries2. To give an overview of the Rare Program for Sustainable

Fishing in the Philippines3. To present RARE Pride and how it can address

overfishing using the RARE Pride Theory of Change4. To highlight the importance of MPA core zones (or no-

take zones NTZs)5. To show how we can all be involved in enhancing our

fisheries

Out of 1200 MPAs in the Philippines, only 10% of the existing are achieving habitat protection.

Estimated average annual catch per municipal fisherman for 1987-1996

The municipal production data are from BFAR (1997). The data on the increase in population of municipal fishers are adapted using data from BFAR (1993) and Bernascek (1994)].

“The problem” this century is thatmethods of overfishing removes life, kill the

habitats, and destroy everything they hit.

We are now capable of catching the last fish that remains in the oceans

RARE Pride

Inspiring conservation through social marketing and the 3 C’s

apacity

onstituency

onservation

RARE Pride ‘s Theory of Change

K A IC BR BC TR CR+ +Knowledge

AttitudeInterpersonal communications

Barrier removalBehavior changeThreat reduction

Conservation result

Using the Theory of Change to AchieveSustainable Fishing in the Philippines

Increased community “buy in” and ownership of MPAs

(Solution = PRIDE for our MPAs)

and

Improved MPA governance of core zones(Solution = Enhancing the Philippine MPA

experience)

MPAs are Seabanks: Why MPA core zones are so important – growing big fish

EXPECTED RESULTS

Improved coral reef health inside the MPA core zone leads to increased fish catch by community fishers

due to the spillover effect

Working together…Full participation of all stakeholders and partners in

the improved governance of our MPAs

For more information about this program, check out:

www.rareplanet.org

or

Marine Protected Areas Philippines on Facebook