Institutional Setting: Establishment of Interim Benguela Current Commission Phased approach building up to formal BCC within 5 years Primary area: management of transboundary fish stocks between three countries i.e. hake (Nam/RSA); pilchard (Ang/Nam), horse-mackerel (Ang/Nam), rock-lobster (Nam/RSA); Crab (Ang/Nam), bronze whaler shark (Ang/Nam): Joint surveys and scientific working groups. Co-operative research and training (virtual institute) Regional scientific advisory panel Regional co-operation on setting of TAC’s for shared stocks.

1. UNDP PORTFOLIO DISCUSSION
Where do we see ourselves in 10 years?

2. Institutional Setting
• Establishment of Interim Benguela Current Commission
• Phased approach building up to formal BCC within 5
years
• Primary area: management of transboundary fish stocks
between three countries i.e. hake (Nam/RSA); pilchard
(Ang/Nam), horse-mackerel (Ang/Nam), rock-lobster
(Nam/RSA); Crab (Ang/Nam), bronze whaler shark
(Ang/Nam): Joint surveys and scientific working groups.
• Co-operative research and training (virtual institute)
• Regional scientific advisory panel
• Regional co-operation on setting of TAC’s for shared
stocks

3. INTERIM BENGUELA CURRENT
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4. Institutional Setting
BENGUELA CURRENT COMMISSION
• Ecosystem approach to fisheries
• Joint surveys of shared stocks (Standard
assessment techniques)
• Regional monitoring and EWS in place
• Regional working groups
• Indicators of SOE and ecosystem health
• MPA’s, protection of juveniles and spawning
areas of commercial fish species

5. Long and Short Term Barriers
• Political will to go the distance –should we
adopt the minimalist approach first?
• National vs regional (ecosystem wide)
interests i.e. reduced TAC’s
• Shared fish stocks or LME wide scale?
• Available funding to meet priority research
and surveys…will 3 countries make this
available?
• Regional research vessel?

6. Determinants of Long-Term
Sustainability
• Country political commitment (obvious)
• Cost/benefit? Time scales? Short-term benefits
vs uncertain long-term gains
• How do we quantify the value of the ecosystem /
goods and services of BCLME and sell this to
politicians
• Can the cost/benefits be conclusively
demonstrated to enable commitment to long-term
sustainability?
• Cost-benefit…. key determinant for country
committment

7. Long and Short Term Barriers
• In-house capacity: big problem ..loss of
expertise: dedicated initiative to tackle this.
• Impacts of climate change on BCLME..what
these may be, impacts in fisheries and LME,
risks and predictability including scenarios!
• Regime shifts and long term ecosystem change:
difficult to manipulate…can’t restore system!
• Time horizons : Politicians (short-term);
ecosystem (long-term)

8. What can UNDP-GEF do to
promote the vision?
• Once off GEF intervention over 5 years
..limited accomplishment to achieve vision
• A second phase is essential…if UNDP-GEF
want to make a real difference
• Strong evidence that a 10 year time
horizon is required to make the LME
paradigm work and operate sustainabily

9. GENERAL
• Strategic Plan required to link the various LME
initiatives in a pragmatic way
• Need for uniform guidelines to assess the utility
of the various LME initiatives
• Are they delivering or indeed can they deliver?
• Who will keep the LME flag flying?
• Has the GEF IW Programme a clear and well
articulated vision of itself? Can BCLME help with
formulations here?