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Hawaii FEP - Western Pacific Fishery Council

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subsequent management and enforcement actions will become increasingly difficult (Hampshireet al. 2004). This is especially relevant in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong> Region, which comprises acollection of remote and far-flung island areas, most of which have poorly funded monitoringand enforcement capabilities.2.10.1 Community ParticipationThe <strong>Council</strong>’s community program developed out of the need for an indigenous program toaddress barriers to the participation of indigenous communities in fisheries managed by the<strong>Council</strong>. An objective of the indigenous program is to arrive at a point of collaboration,reconciliation and consensus between the native indigenous community and the larger immigrantcommunities in CNMI, Guam and <strong>Hawaii</strong>. The community in American Samoa is 80- 90 percentnative but the objective is the same—to arrive at a point of collaboration, reconciliation andconsensus with the larger U.S..The <strong>Council</strong>’s community program is consistent with the need for the development of <strong>Fishery</strong>Ecosystem Plans. <strong>Fishery</strong> Ecosystem Plans are place-based fishery management plans that allowthe <strong>Council</strong> to incorporate ecosystem principles into fishery management. Human communitiesare important elements for consideration in ecosystem-based resource management plans.Resources are managed for people, communities. NOAA has recognized that communities arepart of the ecosystem.Any community-based initiative is about empowering the community. The <strong>Council</strong>’s efforts todevelop <strong>Fishery</strong> Ecosystem Plans are focused on community collaboration, participation andpartnership. The efforts result in the development of strong community projects such ascommunity-led data collection and monitoring programs and revitalization of traditional andcultural fishing practices. Finding and partnering with communities and organizations is timeconsumingand resource depleting. Outreach to communities in the form of presentations andparticipation in school and community activities and other fora is ongoing to find projects thatthe <strong>Council</strong> can support.Community-Based Resource Management (CBRM) is a way for communities to gain control ofand manage their resources in ways that allow them to harvest and cultivate products in asustainable manner. CBRM is based on the principle of empowering people to manage thenatural and material resources that are critical to their community and regional success. This <strong>FEP</strong>increases the community’s capacity and expertise in natural resource management, and providesviable alternatives to uncontrolled resource depletion.Because of the <strong>Council</strong>’s role in fishery conservation and management, many resources andskills are available within the <strong>Council</strong>. These assets form the base for the application of AssetBased Community Development (ABCD) – Community assets connected to organization assetsproduce strong community-based projects.Community assets include, but are not limited to, cultural knowledge, resource areas, habitats,sites, organizations, schools, individuals, families, community diversity and all of the attributesthat bring value to and define a community.33

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