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Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project (OFM Project)

Welcome to the website for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project (OFM Project).

This project is executed by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) in con-junction with the Pacific Community Oceanic Fisheries Programme (SPC) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The United Nations Development Programme is the Implementing Agency.

The goals of the Project combine the interests of the global community in the conservation of a marine ecosystem covering a huge area of the surface of the globe, with the interests of some of the world’s smallest nations in the responsible and sustainable management of resources that are crucial for their sustainable development.

The global environmental goal of the Project is to achieve global environmental benefits by enhanced conservation and management of transboundary oceanic fishery resources in the Pacific Islands region and the protection of the biodiversity of the Western Tropical Pacific Warm Pool Large Marine Ecosystem.

The broad development goal of the Project is to assist the Pacific Island States to improve the contribution to their sustainable development from improved management of transboundary oceanic fishery resources and from the conservation of oceanic marine biodiversity generally.

Commencing in November 2005, the project duration is for five years.

The Pacific small island developing beneficiary countries of the project include: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tokelau, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The countries are eligible for GEF assistance under paragrapgh 9(b) of the GEF Instrument.

The project addresses GEF International Waters strategic priorities:

• IW1 - Catalyse financial resource mobilisation for implementation of reforms and stress reduction measures agreed through TDA-SAP or equivalent processes for particular transboundary systems; and
• IW2 - Expand global coverage of foundational capacity building addressing the two key programme gaps and support for targeted learning, specifically the fisheries programme gapThe OFM Project sits within the GEF Programming Framework of the GEF IW OP 9, Integrated Land and Water Multiple Focal Area, SIDS Component