Final Technical Report - ACP Fish II

Elaboration of the management plan for hake ‐ Namibia4 Proposed work plan and delivery of ToRThis ACP‐EU Fish II contract was awarded to NFDS Africa on 23 November 2010 the field work beganin Windhoek on the 2 December 2010 for VW and the 6 December 2010 for DB.During the first week of the visit, time was mostly spent on meetings and gathering documents.Dave Boyer proceeded to Swakopmund almost immediately to visit NatMIRC, the national researchcentre for fisheries, as a number of scientists that work on hake would be on leave during thesecond week of the visit. Vilhjálmur Wiium met with numerous people in Windhoek, in someinstances accompanied by Mr Leone Tarabusi, Regional Manager of ACP Fish II.As the first week progressed, analysis of documents and other information began. A draft outline ofthe Management Plan was put together and continuously amended during the week. On Monday,13 December, the draft outline was sent to the Hake Association to allow for preparation before theworkshop scheduled on 15 December. The workshop was attended by 15 stakeholders.The Interim Technical Report was delivered to MFMR on 17 December, following which thePermanent Secretary of MFMR approved the time plan for the second visit of theconsultants.Between the two visits a first draft of the management plan was prepared. It wasdelivered by e‐mail to Mrs Haufiku on 10 January 2011.The second visit followed the approved time plan. VW starting field work again on 11 January and DBon 17 January. On 19 January, a consultative workshop was held in Lüderitz, with 8 stakeholdersattending (note that in Lüderitz there are only three hake right holders).The national workshop took place on 25‐26 January in Walvis Bay, and was opened by theHonourable Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Mr Bernard Esau. The workshop was wellattended, by 43 participants, and many issues were raised. The almost three weeks following thenational workshop were used to incorporate the issues raised there and seek further consultation asneeded. On 15 February, an updated draft Management Plan was distributed.On 17 February, the validation workshop was held in Walvis Bay. As the Honourable Ministerdelivered his annual address to the fishing industry and other stakeholders on that same day, theworkshop had to be shortened from the original plan; from a full day to 4 hours. As a result, theworkshop was intense, but at the same time more focused due to the time constraint. No majorissues were identified as lacking from the management plan and the 32 participants, in general,seemed pleased with the plan.The final draft of the management plan was delivered to MFMR on Thursday 24 February. Therelevant stakeholders had until 10 March 2011 to submit any comments and the final Report andmanagement plan was to be submitted by 24 March 2011. As the MFMR only submitted commentson the 22 March 2011 it was agreed to extend the date for submission to the 31 March 2011. Theconsultants were able to address all comments by the MFMR and are confident that the plan nowaddresses these concerns and provides the Minister with a suitable plan for his needs.The delivery of the Terms of Reference has been completed on schedule.Project Funded by the European Union Page 5 A project implemented by NFDS Africa