The CTI-CFF will hold its next Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Technical Working Group Meeting in Manila on Nov. 24-25, 2013. For more details about the event, contact Dr. Hendra Siry, Secretary for Coordination and External Affairs, CTI-CFF Interim Regional Secretariat at hendrasiry@gmail.com
The ADB CTI Southeast Asia Tea, will monitor the following on-going climate change adaptation activities: abalone cage culture, test-farming of salt-tolerant rice varieties, and sea weed farming. For more information about this activity contact: Mr. Roger Savella (roger.savella06@yahoo.com)
The CTI-CFF will hold its next Coordination Mechanisms and Financial Resources Working Group Meeting in Manila on Nov. 25, 2013. For more details about the event, contact Dr. Hendra Siry, Secretary for Coordination and External Affairs, CTI-CFF Interim Regional Secretariat at hendrasiry@gmail.com
The CTI-CFF and the Government of the Philippines will host the 9th CTI-CFF Senior Officials Meeting in Manila on Nov. 26-27, 2013.
The ADB Southeast Asia Project will conduct a joint Inception Meeting with Sabah Parks and the Department of Fisheries, Sabah to launch a national sub-project focused on Live Reef Fish Trade. For more details, contact Dr. Annadel Cabanban (annadel.cabanban@gmail.com).
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Local leaders from Papua New Guine will gather in Madang City to strengthen their leadership roles in protecting their marine and coastal resources using the framework of the CTI-CFF. For more information about the event, contact Maurice Knight at maurice.knight@wwfus.org
A new study estimates that reef fishes in the Coral Triangle are worth $3 billion, representing 30% of the total value of commercial fisheries in the region, based on datasets gathered from the Food and Agriculture Organization.
This figure is likely an underestimate and does not include the value of small reef fish species consumed by tunas, estimated at $150 million. The study also estimates that coral reef ecosystems in the region support the employment of about 15 million small-scale fishers.
