Ecosystems

Societies

Consilience

Precautionary principle

Development of an assessment method of the societal cost for best fishing practices and

efficient public policies

SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME, INCO-DEV, PRIORITY A.2.2Reconciling multiple demands on coastal zones

Incofish, start-up workshop, 4-7 October 2005

eCOST

eCOST Context• The project ECOST falls under:

– the logic of the decision of Johannesburg to restore the marine ecosystems for 2015 through the establishment, by 2012, of networks of protected areas and

– the philosophy of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) for a responsible fishery

eCOST Main Objective

To develop a new approach for the evaluation of fishing activities and fishing policies in order to contribute to a better management of aquatic resources in the

world

eCOST Specific Objectives• 1-Development of far-reaching research into the capacity of traditional

models to take into account the reality of ecological, economic and social effects using purely theoretical considerations, the experience of past application, and a questioning of the notion of value.

• 2-The construction of an efficient model for societal cost. This model is based on the consilience between economics, sociology and ecology, and takes into account the variable nature of resources and marine environmental changes.

• 3-Comparison of the societal costs of fishing activities. Comparative work carried out on three levels: firstly, work on the ecosystem showing the repercussions of the use of distinct techniques and practices; secondly, comparison of the ecosystems themselves in order to highlight the responses made by the ecosystems to anthropic pressure; and thirdly, a comparison of ecosystems that have free or regulated access and the ecosystems found within marine protected areas.

• 4-Definition of options for public policy by the formulation of certain principles found within the framework of the CCRF for responsible fishing

Societal costs

The societal costs are all costs linked to fishing activities and fishery policies

SC = Ecol C + Econ C + Soc C

These may be ecological (alteration of the capacity of a system), economic (all costs linked to production, management, subsidies, and external factors) and social (the costs of poverty, social injustice, gender discrimination, food security and food safety).

eCOST

3 Eco-Regions

ASIA Great Delta Ecosytem

Perl River (China)Chao Phraya

(Thailand)

Mekong (Vietnam)

The Vo Doi marine protected area

AFRICA Coastal Upwelling Ecosystem

Senegal

Guinea Bissau

Guinea Conakry

The Tristao/Alcatraz marine protected area

Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem

Jamaica

Dominicana Republic

Trinidad and Tobago

The Parque Nacional des Este

WORK PACKAGE (1)• WP 1: Study of present-day relevance of available tools and models

that were previously used for impact assessments. Questioning of the notions of value, particularly those assigned to ecosystems and monetary valuation. Definition of ecological, economic and social value as accounted for in ECOST. Development of links between ecology, economics and sociology using the consilience principle (9 months)

• WP 2: Development of an articulation platform for data and information (48 months)

• WP 3a, b: Development of a method for a sociological and economics evaluation (12 months)

• WP 4: Development and application of an ecological model to chosen ecosystems (12 months)

• WP 5: Production of ECOST model (9 months)• WP 6: Calibration and application of ECOST method to fisheries of

chosen regions (6 months)

WORK PACKAGE (2)• WP 7: Eco-region comparative analysis of societal costs according

to the ecosystems, the methods of fishing and the fishing policies (6 months)

• WP 8: Comparative analysis of societal costs with MPAs (12 months)

• WP 9: Elaboration of a generic version of the ECOST model (6 months)

• WP 10: Public and fishery policy analysis (42 months)• WP 11: Definition of public policy options towards a better

integration of societal costs in public and private decision-making (6 months)

• WP 12: Dissemination of knowledge, tools and results of the ECOST project and conceptualisation of a tool for the broadcast of the ECOST method (48 months)

Figure 1: complementarities of the partners

Ecology (WP4-WP9) NSC ENSAT CNSHB CMS CAF & CORC

Economy (WP3b-WP9) CEMARE IRD CRODT EMU DARE

Information and share platform (WP2-WP5, WP9) IRD INEP 9 Eco-region partners

Philosophy and ethics (WP1, WP11) UNIV. Hamburg INRA

Public policy (WP10-11) CEP FAO Dfid OCDE WFC CRSP CRFM SPC 9 Eco-region partners

Modelling area WP2, WP3, WP4, WP5, WP9 And Eco-Region applications WP6, WP7, WP8

Questioning area WP1-WP11

Public policy area WP9

Sociology (WP3a-WP9) MARE IRD Univ. Hamburg, INEP EQUIS DARE

Public policy area WP9

Dissemination WP12 IRD and all partners

Incofish-Ecost ?

• Ecological modelling

• Valuation

• Law

• Case studies: Gulf of Thailand

• Other?