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Case Study: Vietnam Crab Fishery Prototype Gains Buy-in at Critical Points in the Supply Chain

June 6, 2016

Vietnam's blue swimmer crab in Kien Giang province is threatened by overfishing. Mini-plant operators purchase juvenile and undersized crabs from fishers before the crabs have a chance to reproduce. Weak compliance and enforcement of harvest regulations exacerbates the species decline, and the U.S., a primary export market for crabmeat, competes with Vietnam's growing domestic market, which operates without sustainability or supply chain traceability standards. 50in10 sought to support the transitioning of the fishery to a co-management system that incorporates new harvest control strategies and requires support and consensus building among government, fishers, supply chain actors, and other stakeholders to forge a common approach in restoring the resource and creating sustainable markets.

Case Study: Prototype links South African fishing co-op to markets, models value chain innovation for new law

June 6, 2016

Small-scale fishing in South Africa has been characterized by a system in which individual fishers are at the mercy of supply-chain middlemen and have no control over the prices they receive for their diminishing catches. To improve their incomes, fishers expanded their efforts, putting increased pressure on the area's already overexploited marine resources, which include west coast rock lobster and line-caught fish species. Shortening the value chain so that fishers would have greater access to markets at better prices required harnessing new legislation granting commercial fishing rights and marine management responsibilities to small-scale fishers working in newly formed cooperatives. Implementing this novel approach designed to contribute to local socio-economic development and help alleviate poverty would require the support and participation of community fishers, NGOs, and businesses, as well as tourism, university, and government officials.

Case Study: Collective Impact of Managed Access Program Puts Belize Fisheries on Path to Recovery

June 6, 2016

According to the Belize Fisheries Department, the wild-capture fishery sector contributes significantly to the country's economy. It brought in approximately $29 million in 2012. But the open-access system that characterizes fishing in Belize has allowed uncontrolled numbers of fishers with readily obtained licenses to harvest more fish than the oceans can replenish. This has resulted in a threat of overfishing, declining stocks, and fewer economic benefits for fishers over the long term. Transitioning to a sustainable system would require transformative new policies, along with the support and participation of fishers, industry stakeholders, and their communities.

Collaboration for Small-Scale Fisheries Reform. Lessons in Collective Impact for Systemic Change

February 23, 2016

As a worldwide collaboration of NGOs, businesses, funders, and governments, 50in10 aimed to help its partners take promising tools and approaches in small-scale fisheries restoration to the next level by testing, strengthening, and replicating them. In January 2016, 50in10 brought together three dozen 50in10 network members and stakeholders in Belize City to learn from one another, explore financing models, innovate new approaches, and discuss how network members could continue to replicate successes. The framework of the 50in10 Theory of Change—a collective impact approach in which community empowerment, policy reform, credible science, and market demand work together—as well as collaborative learning guided the convening. Participants prioritized sustainable financing, community engagement, scientific data, and enforcement and compliance as key areas in which innovation is needed to overcome obstacles to reform, and developed ideas for how to address these challenges.

mFish Alpha Pilot: Building a Roadmap for Effective Mobile Technology to Sustain Fisheries and Improve Fisher Livelihoods.

August 30, 2015

In June 2014 at the Our Ocean Conference in Washington, DC, United States Secretary of State John Kerry announced the ambitious goal of ending overfishing by 2020. To support that goal, the Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships launched mFish, a public-private partnership to harness the power of mobile technology to improve fisher livelihoods and increase the sustainability of fisheries around the world. The US Department of State provided a grant to 50in10 to create a pilot of mFish that would allow for the identification of behaviors and incentives that might drive more fishers to adopt novel technology. In May 2015 50in10 and Future of Fish designed a pilot to evaluate how to improve adoption of a new mobile technology platform aimed at improving fisheries data capture and fisher livelihoods. Full report.

mFish Alpha Pilot: Building a Roadmap for Effective Mobile Technology to Sustain Fisheries and Improve Fisher Livelihoods. Executive Summary.

August 20, 2015

In June 2014 at the Our Ocean Conference in Washington, DC, United States Secretary of State John Kerry announced the ambitious goal of ending overfishing by 2020. To support that goal, the Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships launched mFish, a public-private partnership to harness the power of mobile technology to improve fisher livelihoods and increase the sustainability of fisheries around the world. To complement independent efforts by /tone for large-scale distribution of mobile technology, the US Department of State provided a grant to 50in10 to create a pilot of mFish that would allow for the identification of behaviors and incentives that might drive more fishers to adopt novel technology. In May 2015, as part of the mFish public-private partnership, 50in10 and Future of Fish designed a pilot to evaluate how to improve adoption of a new mobile technology platform aimed at improving fisheries data capture and fisher livelihoods. Executive Summary.

50 in 10: Accelerating Global Fisheries Restoration Through Collaboration

October 27, 2014

This is a living document developed from the knowledge and experience of the organizations and individuals participating in 50in10. It describes how the participants see the many challenges facing fisheries today, what changes they believe must happen to restore global fisheries, and how the 50in10 initiative will create the collaborations and actions needed to make these changes a reality. As a learning network, the participants will continue to update their theory of change as they explore new approaches, involve new partners, learn from their efforts, and discover new ways to accelerate the global transition to sustainable fisheries.