Blue Ventures is a community-first marine conservation organization. We support coastal fishers in remote and rural communities to rebuild fisheries, restore ocean life, and build sustainable pathways to prosperity.
Our work began twenty years ago in remote coastal communities in Madagascar and is expanding globally. In a dozen countries, we partner with traditional fishers and community-based organizations to design, develop, strengthen, and sustain community-based fisheries management and conservation. We bring our partners together in networks to advocate for reform, and we share tools and best practices to support fishing communities around the world.
Brief Description of the Position
The Fisheries Officer plays an important role in the technical and organizational support of fishing communities and local organizations in adaptive fisheries management at the level of one or more management units/locally managed marine areas (LMMAs). The chosen applicant is responsible for supporting our fishermen in identifying, developing, implementing, evaluating and improving management and conservation measures. His/her role also consists of optimizing the collection and use of fisheries and ecological data through the data collection system. The applicant ensures the supervision of community data collectors and, where appropriate, technical assistance to students.
Responsibilities
Fisheries Management:
- Supervise and coordinate the monitoring of catch, key habitats and target populations, through the new standardized data collection system;
- Read and use dashboards and interpret results or trends to answer management questions;
- Support local communities to identify the fishery to be managed and/or the management interventions to be tested/used for a particular fishery (based on the results of monitoring, profiles, research and investigation);
- Finalize participatory mapping of habitats and fishing areas; - Perform simple analysis, data validation and communication of results;
- Organize data collection and management within the framework of research projects and local management plans;
- Supervise the updating of fisheries profiles in AMGLs;
- Supervise fishermen in the establishment and implementation of management plans, in conjunction with NGOs and authorities;
- Support and lead data restitution and awareness-raising activities with the teams.
Supervision, management and community support:
- Lead or facilitate community meetings and training sessions; - Organize visits or exchange meetings;
- Participate in the development of restitution, educational and awareness-raising tools; - Maintain the inventory of equipment and the online photo bank; - Organize and facilitate meetings for the appropriation of Dina and the communication of national regulations;
- Technically supervise/train local communities and technicians in the implementation of management and monitoring plans, including management measures;
- Coordinate the purchase and distribution of all necessary equipment;
- Maintain fishing updates in coordination with the operations team;
- Write activity reports for monitoring and evaluation and internal communication.
Application deadline: August 18, 2024
