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The Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project
Climate Change Adaptation to Improve Resilience
of Coastal Fisheries & Communities
an Overview
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Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project
Some Facts
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8 countries
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6.2 million km2
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450 million people affected
Transboundary issues
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over exploitation of fish stocks
•
habitat degradation
•
land based pollution
Two major outputs:
Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)
A report on the major transboundary issues and their causes
Strategic Action Programme (SAP)
A (strategic action) plan for addressing the major
transboundary issues and their causes
and their causes
Expected Outcomes of the BOBLME Project
• Improved governance of fisheries and environment
• More effective regional cooperation
• An enhanced knowledge base
• Capacity development
• Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
(EAF) management
• Healthier habitats and ecosystems, sustainable fisheries
Scale of operation
• Sub-national to National to sub-regional and
regional
- Working group meetings
- Stakeholder consultations
- Research initiatives
Networking & Convergence activities by
BOBLME
• Ministries of Government of India
- MoA (DAHDF), MoEF
• Ministries of State governments
• Research Institutions
- Fisheries, environment, coastal zone management
• Non-governmental Organisations
- Livelihood, biodiversity conservation
• Fisher associations
Importance of coastal fisheries to Andhra
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry
• Catch: 0.6 million tonnes
• Value: ~ Rs 3,100 crores
• Investment on the sector: ~ Rs 20,000
crores
• Fishermen population: 1.3 million
• Active fishers: 0.35 million
Climate change impacts
Impacts on
communities
Impacts on
fish
Impacts on Fish
• Category 1: Shift in latitudinal distribution
• Category 2: Extension of distributional
boundary
• Category 3: No shift/extension of boundary,
but change in biomass
• Category 4: Shift in depth of occurrence
• Category 5: Spatial shift in spawning
• Category 6: Temporal shift in spawning
Story of oil sardine
155,000 t
60,000
t 2000
15 t1985
2012
Impact factors on
fishing communities
Fishing community
lives very close to
the coast.
Cyclone
Storm surges
Floods
Sea level rise
Coastal erosion
Fish availability
Vulnerability of Communities
• Demography: Dense population, low literacy
• Infrastructure: Semi-permanent dwelling units
vis-à-vis sea erosion
• Occupation: Limited alternative skills
• Climatic parameters: Cyclones, anomalies
• Fisheries: Non-motorised boats with low
mobility, catch fluctuations
Climate Change & Coastal Fisheries: Themes for
Networking
• Temperature, Current, Salinity
Physical • Sea Level, Cyclone
• Biodiversity
Biologic • Distribution, Abundance
al
• Phenological changes
• Cost and revenue from marine systems
Econo • Pressure exerted on international trade patterns
mics • Adapting marine systems to carbon-regulated economy
• Community based disaster preparedness
Societa • Extent/scale of loss of livelihood
• Level of understanding
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• In support of human and ecological well-being
Gover- • Promotion of Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries, ICZM, MPAs,
nance • Sea safety measures
Developing Adaptation Networks
• Generate evidence
• Establish linkages between science, policy and
practice at micro and macrolevels;
• Establish a common knowledge-base with network
members on how ecosystem approaches can
contribute to people-centered adaptation;
• Identify location’s priority needs as well as that of
national climate change network(s);
• Explore how to support ongoing or future network
activities.
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