Activity Name:  The Indo-Pacific Destructive Fishing Reform Initiative (See also East Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Conservation Initiative 2001-2002)

Implementing Institutions:  International MarineLife Alliance/World Resources Institute; The Nature Conservancy

Country of Implementation: Indonesia, Philippines, South Pacific Islands

	Estimated Expenditure by Fiscal Year of Implementation
Fiscal Year	1999	2000	2001	2002
Amount	$231,250	$450,000	$500,000	$700,000

Operating Unit: Funding:  ANE/SPOTS              Managing: USAID/Philippines

Objective Number:   498-015  CRM-07

Brief Activity Description:    The ultimate goal of the the Indo-Pacific Destructive Fishing Reform Initiative  (DFRI) is to eradicate the use of cyanide and other destructive practices employed in the live reef fish trade (LRFT), transform the LRFT into a vehicle for sustainable and equitable coastal development, and thereby make a significant contribution to conserving the coral reef ecosystems of the Indo-Pacific region, the planet’s most biologically diverse marine ecosystems.

The primary focus of the work proposed for FY2000 is on Indonesia, with smaller components focusing on Vietnam, monitoring and transformation of the live reef fish market in Hong Kong, and applied research on the potentials of and constraints to aquaculture of reef fish and other reef organisms as a conservation strategy.

Indonesia contains the great majority of Southeast Asia's coral reefs, and is the center of global marine biodiversity. It is also the largest single source for live reef fish in international trade, including both aquarium and live reef food fish species.  Cyanide fishing is ubiquitous in many key reef areas of the country, as is the destructive targeting of grouper spawning aggregations for the live reef food fish trade.  The Indonesian LRFT typically targets pristine and isolated reef complexes far from other reef stressors such as siltation, coral mining, and land-based pollution, and may be the major threat to these last, best reef areas.

FY1999:  $231,250 to IMA/WRI for work primarily in Philippines; FY1999: $185,000 to TNC for work in South Pacific.  FY2000: $450,000 to IMA/WRI for work in Indonesia