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Detail of GEF Project #884
| GEF Project ID | 884 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Reduction of Environmental Impact from Tropical Shrimp Trawling through Introduction of By-catch Technologies and Change of Management |
| Country | Global |
| Region | Global |
| Focal Area | International Waters |
| Operational Program | 9 |
| PDF-B Approval Date | 1997-06-26 |
| Approval Date | 2000-11-01 |
| CEO Endorsement Date | 2002-04-04 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2002-06-26 |
| Project Status | IA Approved |
| Executing Agency | FAO |
| Executing Agency | FAO |
| Description | Shrimp exploitation by tropical trawl fisheries generates significant amounts of non-shrimp by-catch. In some countries, by-catch has become an important source of income and contributes to food supply. In others, by-catch of fish, particularly small-sized, is discarded at sea. The capture of juveniles of valuable food fish constitutes a threat to the sustainable production of fish from an area. Extensive removal of non-target fish is also a threat to the biodiversity in a fishing area. If the introduction of fishing technologies and practices that reduce the capture of juveniles is successful in a few selected countries in various regions, it can be assumed that such technology and practices would be adopted by other shrimp fishing also experiencing problems with by-catch. In addition to the expected increased fish production and conservation of biodiversity as result of project intervention, shrimp trawling will earn an improved reputation and so continue to produce needed export income for several poor developing countries. |
| Implementation Status | Most sea-trials under the project have been completed. Reduction of turtle bycatch has been more successful than fish. TED adoption / certification has improved through this project. Most countries have now successfully adopted new skills and techniques for BRD testing and have demonstrated that the pan tropical problem of “unwanted fish bycatch” (discards) can be reduced. However, extensive work promoting and raising awareness is still required to convince industry to adopt fish BRDs. New laws and regulations to reduce unwanted bycatch (especially turtles) have been passed in some countries and fish BRDs in one country. Several countries are currently co-financing the project. The team work and partnering between countries and well established relationships between scientists, technologists and administrators is a major success for this project. Strong leadership skills have been developed and south-south cooperation has been extremely effective. |
| PDF B Amount | 330,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 4,450,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 4,780,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 4,440,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 9,220,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 432,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 4,450,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 4,370,000 USD |
| Project Cost (CEO Endo.) | 9,150,000 USD |
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