OUTPUTS i Zoning plan approved by village council and endorsed by District Authority including
associated use zone map
2.2 Establishment of improved harvest practices no-take zones for cockles in Menai Bay For sustainable collection of cockles from the wild, the SUCCESS Program is developing no-
take zones. Village meetings have been held, which have identified no-take areas, rules penalties and roles of village management committees. Community monitoring has started with baseline
information already collected and maps are being drawn indicating the no-take zones. In Year 3, a goal is to have village by-laws formally passed and the no-take areas also approved by the
Menai Bay Conservation Authority through incorporation into the draft management plan. Community monitoring will be continued to assess impacts of no-take areas, looking specifically
for the expected recruitment effect. The Program is supporting one local MSc student to facilitate community meetings and continue the community-based monitoring program.
Tasks, Milestones and Schedule
Tasks and Milestones Date
October 2006 i Generate GIS map with no-take zones plotted
November 2006 i Draft by-laws for three villages using TCMP Bagamoyo
no-take by-laws as examples December 2006
i Submit by-laws and map to village councils for approval i Approve map and incorporate no-take areas into the
MBCA draft management plan September 2007
i Conduct community-based monitoring March 2007
OUTPUTS i Map designating no-take areas
i Village by-law concerning zoning scheme management i Draft section of MBCA management plan w no-take areas incorporated
i Report on the no-take zones 2.3
Development of a zoning plan for the mangrove estuary in Mkuranga to plan orderly and environmentally appropriate milkfish farming expansion
In anticipation of future expansion through adoption by other salt pan owners, SUCCESS is making a map of the estuary in Mkuranga district for future use in zoning for milkfish
mariculture. However, zoning work in this area will not start until other management planning activities in Mlingotini and Menai Bays are completed, which is projected to occur in Year 4.
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Tasks, Milestones and Schedule
Tasks and Milestones Date
October 2006 i GIS map created
OUTPUTS i GIS map
3.
Science for Management: 3.1 The Learning Agenda
see Science for Management section for details Tasks, Milestones and Schedule
Tasks and Milestones Date
April 2007 i Conduct microenterprise surveys in Tanzania
April 2007 i Support and participate in this activity lead by CRC
team with field assistants provided by WIOMSA Shali OUTPUTS see science for management section
3.2 Threats Assessment see Science for Management section for details
Tasks, Milestones and Schedule
Tasks and Milestones Date
November 2006 i Conduct Tanzania biodiversity threats assessment
Julius and Mmochi, with R. Volk and E. Torell
4. Certification see Training section for detail of East Africa activities
5.
KM
see Knowledge Management section for detail of East Africa activities
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In Nicaragua Scale of intervention: Municipality
level Lead Implementing Organization: Centro de Investigación de Ecosistemas Acuáticos de
Universidad Centro America CIDEA – UCA
Other Partnering Organizations: The EcoCostas-CRC regional network for assistance in
governance baselines and designdelivery of training courses; the Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources
Center at the University of Hawaii; Sea Grant network; Peace Corps and local NGOs for diversification of
livelihoods and health LORNICA, OIKOS, SIFE; and governmental institutions such as the Ministry of the
Environment and Natural Resources MARENA and PYMES IDB-supported initiative for development of
small and medium size businesses.
Activity Coordinator: Agnes Saborio
US Liaison: Maria Haws
Background
The Center for Research and Development of Aquatic Ecosystems CIDEA is an operating unit within the University of Central America. It began as a five-year project, initially funded by the
Japanese development agency, and has evolved into a professional center with several laboratories at the University and a field station at Puerto Morazan. CIDEA was able to raise
millions of dollars to support activities on campus and in the Gulf of Fonseca. CIDEA was a primary recipient of USAID post-Hurricane Mitch reconstruction funding and successfully
implemented a Sea Grant extension initiative as part of that effort. CIDEA employs six extension agents and works closely with marine and coastal resource users in the Gulf. CIDEA has good
scientific and research capacity including water quality, pathology and analytical laboratories. Since the mid-1980s, shrimp aquaculture has grown to be one of the most important sources of
income in the Gulf region of Nicaragua. By 2002, approximately 9,000 hectares were in shrimp aquaculture—with approximately 4,000 hectares operated by large producers and about 5,000
hectares operated by 130 shrimp cooperatives. On average, there are 13 associates in each cooperative with a total involvement of approximately 1,200 families. Despite CIDEA’s efforts
to assist small-scale shrimp producers, a growing number of issues have made it clear that shrimp farming at the artisanal scale is becoming less viable. Small shrimp farmers have
difficulty accessing loans, often face high interest rates, have limited financial management capacity, high input costs, and excessive fees for bringing shrimp to the sole processing facility
that sets the local price for shrimp. These factors, combined with falling prices for shrimp on world markets, have made the cooperative shrimp farms unprofitable. Therefore, farms are being
sold to the foreign-owned, large-scale operators or are being abandoned. CIDEA has concluded that what is needed is a diversified mariculture industry for small pond holders, one that is less
dependent on shrimp farming or that improves the efficiency of small shrimp farming operations.
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