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5 - Regional Economic Integration of the Fisheries Sector in ASEAN Countries
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- By Robert Pomeroy, University of Connecticut-Avery Point, USA, Yolanda T. Garcia, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines, Madan M. Dey, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, USA, Len R. Garces, WorldFish Center, Philippines
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- Poverty Reduction through Sustainable Fisheries
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- ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
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- 21 October 2015
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- 17 November 2008, pp 75-106
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ABSTRACT
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is committed to deepening and broadening its internal economic integration and linkages, with the participation of the private sector, to realise an ASEAN Economic Community by 2010, ASEAN's endgoal. The fishery sector is one of the 11 priority sectors identified by ASEAN Leaders. Roadmaps have been developed to ensure that the various measures are effectively and aptly implemented to create an integrated market and production base for each of these sectors. The implementing guidelines fall under two categories: (1) common measures, which cut across all the 11 priority sectors; and (2) specific measures, which have direct relevance to a specific sector. This paper discusses the Roadmap for Integration of the Fisheries Sector, including the results of the key informant interviews conducted by the WorldFish Center's research team in 7 out of the 10 ASEAN countries visited. The paper also includes insights on the existing common and specific measures contained in the roadmap, as well as recommendations on some additional strategies that can help hasten the implementation of the roadmap agreement in member countries.
INTRODUCTION
In December 1997, ASEAN Heads of State and Government unveiled the ASEAN Vision 2020. This document, among other things, envisioned a more economically integrated ASEAN. In particular, the ASEAN Vision 2020 foresees a stable, prosperous, and highly competitive regional economic area where there is free movement of goods, services, investments, and capital. Hence, the concept of an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) would seem to be consistent with the economic aspect of this Vision.
Under this initiative, the AEC will see the ASEAN becoming a single market and production base. The diversity that characterises the region will be turned into opportunities and business complementation to make ASEAN a more dynamic and stronger segment of the global supply chain and world economy. It attempts to combine the economic strengths of member states for regional cohesiveness and enhanced global competitiveness by accelerating the integration of the various economic sectors in the member countries.
4 - Changing Demand and Supply Structure of Fish in Asia: Past Trends and Future Projections
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- By Madan M. Dey, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, USA
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- Poverty Reduction through Sustainable Fisheries
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- ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
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- 21 October 2015
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- 17 November 2008, pp 51-74
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In the last three decades the structure of demand and supply of fish has changed dramatically. Global demand has risen rapidly, matched by production growth, mainly from aquaculture, along with increased global trade. Higher demand is driven by rising incomes and populations. Increases in fish supply were made possible by technical change. Global trade is concentrated on exports of high value fish from developing Asia to developed countries. Projections of future demand and supply in Asia indicate the following: a) demand for fish will keep rising but the species mix may change; b) aquaculture can provide significant expansion in production; c) supply growth will slow down, leading to an increase in fish prices; and d) with few exceptions, per capita consumption of fish would continue to rise. Scenario analysis shows that productivity improvement for freshwater fish, which tends to be low value, leads to increases in its consumption, contributing to food security of the poor.
INTRODUCTION
The supply of and demand for fish have changed dramatically during the last three decades. Global demand for fish has risen rapidly with rising populations and increasing per capita income. The rise in demand has been met by a rapid growth in production and increased global trade. The fastest growing component is aquaculture, whereas capture fisheries have remained generally stagnant.
Asia is the leading contributor to this expansion accounting for over 63 per cent of total fish production, and as much as 90 per cent of all aquaculture output (FAO 2006). During the 1950s and 1960s, capture fish production in Asia increased by an average of 6 per cent per annum, but this declined to 3 per cent during the 1970s and 1990s (FAO 2006). In contrast to the declining growth in capture fisheries, aquaculture in the region has been growing rapidly, by about 10 per cent per year during the 1950s and 1960s, about 9 per cent during the 1970s and 1980s, and over 11 per cent since 1990 (FAO 2006). Aquaculture production in Asia has increased from 5.1 per cent of total fish production in 1950, to 46 per cent in 2003.