Fisheries

Inter-ed's Fisheries Division is led by David Thomson. David has experience in over 50 countries, and has taught in and helped to develop training and extension services, schools and colleges, universities and research centres.

He has written several books and many technical reports on fisheries operation and fishery development and management. He was recently recruited by FAO to undertake one of the five global case studies on coastal fishing communities which are being prepared as part of the follow-up to the Kyoto conference in December 1995. He gave the keynote address at a recent Irish national conference on fishery management, and was guest speaker on fishery matters at the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, and at the Centre for Human Ecology, University of Edinburgh.

Services

Inter-ed's services in the fishery field include:

Preparing strategic development and management plans.
Designing programmes of technical training and professional education.
Undertaking institutional development and staff training.
Compiling teaching materials, and writing course texts.
Facilitating professional qualifications and accreditation.
Investigating social and environmental aspects of fisheries.
Maximising employment and economic benefits from investments.
Preparing feasibility studies and project documents.
Protecting artisanal fishermen and enhancing the marine environment.
Designing programmes to maximise opportunities for women and youth.
Preparing integrated development projects and programmes.
Organising mutually beneficial co-operation between large and small scale fishing groups and ancillary industry.
Arranging study tours and studies abroad.
Planning and managing conferences, seminars and workshops.
Undertaking commercial fisheries feasibility studies.
Assisting establishment of joint ventures.
Locating and identifying markets for fish and fish products.
Planning quality control and quality assurance systems and procedures.
Running specific courses or training programmes.

Experience

Inter-ed's Directors have a wide range of experience in fisheries projects. For example:

Inter-ed staff designed the training programmes and arranged for accreditation for the industry and government training colleges in Namibia, which now has one of the most advanced and successful fishing industries in all of Africa.
The SADC (Southern African Development Community) fisheries policy and strategic plan for fisheries in the region, was drafted by Inter-ed staff, and approved and accepted by all eleven member states.
Iceland's aid organisation, ICEIDA, recruited Inter-ed to evaluate its ten year programme of assistance to Cape Verde and its fisheries, and to recommend activities for the future.
Inter-ed's directors were asked to provide high level advice on future fishery development work to Canada, the Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia.
The Inter-ed Fisheries Director recently worked on projects in the Marshall Islands, Ghana, Nigeria, Bolivia, and Turkmenistan, as well as in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
A strategic planning manual was prepared for UNIDO, as a textbook for the training and guidance of consultants preparing integrated development projects for a range of industrial fields including fisheries.
A sea training manual was prepared for the cadet programme operated jointly by the Namibian fishing industry, and the Walvis Bay fisheries institute.
Fisheries development, fisheries management, and fisheries education have been a focus of Inter-ed activities since its inception.

Inter-ed directors and specialists have worked for UNIDO, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, in Vienna, Austria; for SADC, the Southern African Development Community; for ADB, the Asian Development Bank; for FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations; and for the bilateral aid organisations and agencies of Iceland, Germany, Italy, Ireland, and the European Union.

If you would like further information on any aspects of our expertise in fisheries, why not e-mail us.