Vittoria Elliott and a team of experts from various fisheries organizations presented possible solutions for fisheries management.

1. Playing games for sustainable
fisheries outcomes
It’s no game!!! But it is FUN!
Dr. Vi'oria E
Greater Mekong Science Dir
Conserva8on Interna8

2. Context
Why fisheries remain important for food security
• Alterna8ves also have their share of challenges

3. t’s revisit Fisheries for food security
Sustainable Fishery in the Mekong could be
real – some solu8ons and tools to get there
Solu8ons and tool development guided by
science and understanding
A world of informa8on to draw on
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE FISHERY – MAKE IT
BETTER!

4. SoluGons for the Fishery
Solu8on 1 – community zona8on and
management opportuni8es
Solu8on 2 – combaLng ‘trashfish’ trade and
unsustainable harvest for aquaculture
Solu8on 3 – opportuni8es for management of
water flows for fisheries
Solu8on 4 – solu8on genera8on sta8on
Par8cipants generate ideas for new solu8ons for mi8ga8ng fisheries
impacts or improving sustainable management of fisheries within the
Mekong. Generate & Rate.

5. LUTIONS
ustainable community fisheries management soluGons
ing, Catch, stocking, holding &corralling, training and educa8on in
M/sustainable fisheries
eplacing quanGty with quality and minimizing wastage from
h fish
kaging, landing site quotas, development of export markets at high
e
Lng rid of the ‘trash-fish’ exports – iden8fying (or making use of)
ainable feed solu8ons
Water Management SoluGons
at are the opportuni8es for balancing water management and
eries needs?
er management to minimize the impact of extreme events e.g.
ught, flood.

6. Break Out Speed-da=ng
• 7 min rota8ons at 4 solu8ons sta8ons
• Things to think about…

7. Evalua=ng Solu=ons
Desirable
Feasible
Viable

8. Tools for implemenGng soluGons to help balance development and food
security
Modeling the System – MIMES, IF/FDFW, EEZ, Hydro-fish
Water management – SWAT Minimizing nega8ve impacts of
infrastructure on food produc8on
M& E tools:
Monitoring impacts of interven8ons, impacts of development, tracking
progress towards sustainable development, sustainable fisheries
FCM, biomonitoring (eDNA/RAD), CPA surveys, dataloggers, Research sta8ons,
telecommunica8ons response systems
• Trade-off Decision Support – MulG (MIDAS)
• FHI – Freshwater Health Index
• Community Fishery Management Tools

9. Tools for implemenGng soluGons to help balance development and food security
Trade-off Decision Support (MIDAS)
VisualizaGon

10. FEWS – Food, Energy, Water Security in
Cambodia
November 2016
Suchi Gopal & Josh Pi's
Irit Altman
Les Kaufman
Roel Boumans

11. MIDAS Interface:
Open Source Access From Any Device

12. 1) FEWS research will provide founda8onal support in the
applica8on of ecosystem based-management decision-
making and design, yielding tools necessary to improve
lives of people and futures in Cambodia
2) New and faster data algorithms developed will be
generally applicable in other systems and will be a
useful tool to help local fishers/farmers, NGOS,
internaGonal development organizaGons, state, and
federal agencies to design and implement sustainable
management plans.
3) State and federal agencies can formulate sustainability
plans and make informed decisions on land cover
change, biodiversity, deforesta8on, and development.
FEWS Context for Cambodia

13. FEWS Modeling Framework
Un-Irrigated Rice

14. FEWS Data Framework
Satellite Sensor(s) Dates Spatial Resolution
Landsat 1-3 MSS 1972 - 1983 80 meter
Landsat 4 and 5 Landsat TM 1982 - 2013 30 m (120 m thermal
band)
Landsat 7 Landsat ETM+ 1999 - present 15 m panchromatic, 30 m
multispectral, 60 m
thermal
Landsat 8 (LDCM) Operational Land Imager
(OLI), Thermal Infrared
Sensor (TIRS)
2013 - present 15m panchromatic; 30m
multispectral; 100m
thermal
Terra, Aqua MODerate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS)
2000 - present 250 – 5600 meter
Terra ASTER (VNIR & TIR)
SWIR
2000 – present
2000 – 2008
15m VNIR; 90m TIR
30m SWIR
EO-1
Hyperion, Advanced Land
Imager (ALI)
2000 - present 10-30 meter
Suomi NPP Visible Infrared Imager
Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
2013 - present 375-750 meter
Space Shuttle
Endeavour
Shuttle Radar Topography
Mission (SRTM)
2000 30 meter (1 Arc-Second
Global)
Big Data
Integra8on

15. Ecosystem Service Tradeoff Analysis to Support
Decision Making in the Tonle Sap Basin
Project: The Tonle Sap is critically important to Cambodia
and the larger region because the system plays a direct role
by
• Securing food and supporting livelihood strategies’
• Generating income
• Maintaining high biodiversity and unique species
• Providing flood protection
The Mekong Basin is in experiencing rapid changes in its human population,
economies, and environmental character. Nowhere are these changes more apparent
or important than in the area of Tonle Sap Lake.
- As a result of decisions made within and outside the lake system, the Tonle Sap sits
at an important crossroads. Alternative decisions about responding to change will
have consequences on human wellbeing, natural resource flows, and protection of the
biological and cultural heritage of the Lake

16. Different Scenarios (4-1 in order of priority)
01
T
Definite Future
(DF)
02
3S hydropower
development
(3S)
03
DF +3S
04
Basin Water Balance
Change
Climate Change

17. Tools for implemenGng soluGons to help balance development and food security
FHI – Freshwater Health Index
Tracking against the baseline

18. ter Health Index
Dr. Nick Souter
Conservation
International
FRESHWATER
HEALTH INDEX

19. ter Health Index
The Need
© © JES
• Eighty percent of the global
population faces water insecurity
• Biophysical and social aspects are
evaluated separately
• Decisions are made in isolation, so
trade-offs between ecosystem
services are not explicit
• Ecosystem health rarely considered
in assessing sustainability of
freshwater systems
©

20. ter Health Index
Focus on “freshwater health” as the ability to deliver water-related
ecosystem services sustainably and equitably
Maintenance of ecosystems central to freshwater health
Requires responsive governance and collective action of
stakeholders
Freshwater Health Index
1
2
3

21. ter Health Index
Assess status and trends of
freshwater health
Apply indicators within a basin
to guide management and
policies
Evaluate tradeoffs and
synergies for future scenarios
Provide a global assessment of
freshwater health
Objectives
1 2
3 4

22. ter Health Index
Developing a set of indicators to measure freshwater health
Application and testing in three basins: Dong Jiang; Sesan, Sreypok
and Sekong; Tonle Sap
Further application in other basins
Development of the FHI
1
2
3

23. ter Health Index
Major Indicators
Enabling
Environment
Stakeholder
Engagement
Effectiveness
Adaptive
Governance
Water
Quantity
Water
Quality
Basin
Condition
Biodiversity
Regulating
Provisioning
Cultural
EcosystemVitality
EcosystemServices
Governance&Stakeholders

24. ter Health Index
Enabling
Environment
Stakeholder
Engagement Effectiveness
Adapt
Gover
Water
Quantity
Water
Qualityn
Biodiversity RegulatingProvisioning Cultural
cosystem Vitality Ecosystem Services Governance & Stakeholders
Deviationfromnaturalflowregime
Changeingroundwaterstorage
Suspendedsolidsinsurfacewater
Totalnitrogeninsurfaceandgroundwater
Totalphosphorousinsurfaceandgroundwater
Indicatorsofmajorconcern
Changesinpresenceandpopulationsizeofspeciesofconcern
Changesinpresenceandpopulationsizeofinvasiveandnuisancespecies
Averageannualwaterstress
Intra-annualreliabilityofsupplyrelativetodemand
Changeintotalamountofbiomassforconsumption
Changesinsedimentationandnutrientretention
Deviationofwaterqualitymetricsfrombenchmarks
Avoideddamagesduetofloods
Exposuretowater-associateddiseases
Conservationsites
Cultural/heritagesites
Demandforrecreation
Waterresourcemanagement
Rightstoresourceuse
Incentivesandregulations
Financialcapacity
Informationaccessandknowledge
Engagementindecision-makingprocesses
Clearrolesandresponsibilities
Enforcementandcompliance
Publicandprivateinvestments
Technicalcapacityofresourcemanagers
Strategicplanningandadaptivegovernance

25. ter Health Index
Enabling
Environment
Stakeholder
Engagement Effectiveness
Adapt
Gover
Water
Quantity
Water
Qualityn
Biodiversity RegulatingProvisioning Cultural
cosystem Vitality Ecosystem Services Governance & Stakeholders
Deviationfromnaturalflowregime
Changeingroundwaterstorage
Suspendedsolidsinsurfacewater
Totalnitrogeninsurfaceandgroundwater
Totalphosphorousinsurfaceandgroundwater
Indicatorsofmajorconcern
Changesinpresenceandpopulationsizeofspeciesofconcern
Changesinpresenceandpopulationsizeofinvasiveandnuisancespecies
Averageannualwaterstress
Intra-annualreliabilityofsupplyrelativetodemand
Changeintotalamountofbiomassforconsumption
Changesinsedimentationandnutrientretention
Deviationofwaterqualitymetricsfrombenchmarks
Avoideddamagesduetofloods
Exposuretowater-associateddiseases
Conservationsites
Cultural/heritagesites
Demandforrecreation
Waterresourcemanagement
Rightstoresourceuse
Incentivesandregulations
Financialcapacity
Informationaccessandknowledge
Engagementindecision-makingprocesses
Clearrolesandresponsibilities
Enforcementandcompliance
Publicandprivateinvestments
Technicalcapacityofresourcemanagers
Strategicplanningandadaptivegovernance
What you need to know to manage your fishe

26. ter Health Index
Diagnostic tool providing key performance indicators
Planning tool to help analyze how interventions might influence
future basin health
Communication tool to synthesize complex information for a broad
audience
Reporting tool to report against progress towards high level goals
(e.g. National and regional level Sustainable Development Goals,
National Government Policy)
Vision for the Freshwater Health Index
1
2
3
4

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THANK YOU
© PETER ESSICK/A

28. Tools for implemenGng soluGons to help balance development and food security
Community Fishery Management Tools
Implementa8on tools based on Model outputs. Awareness raising tools, behavioural training and
educa8on tools, manuals for systema8c approaches, gaming for management, MPA zona8on and
integrated approach

29. Sustainable community fisheries management
uGons
mmunity involvement in the solu8ons
ining and educa8on in NRM/sustainable fisheries
rec8ng mismessaging: it’s not all climate change

31. Break out Tools Discovery
Go to the sta8on for the tool that you are most a'racted to and work
with a session lead to figure out the tool’s capabili8es and how you can
poten8ally use the tool to help overcome some of the challenges
(10min)
FHI MIDAS
Zones & Games
for Management

32. Take-home Messages
• Fisheries are s8ll the best solu8on
for food security
• We can achieve a sustainable fishery
in the Mekong
• Holis8c Approach to Sustainable
Fisheries – the ul8mate solu8on
needs to integrate many ideas and
approaches
• What are the good solu8ons, what
are the challenges for
implementa8on, how can they be
overcome, what are the tools that
can help?

33. Thank you for listening!
and other thanks…

34. QuesGons?