Fish Right Resources
First Responsible Seafood Summit
USAID hosted the first Responsible Seafood Summit, gathering over 200 participants from the seafood industry, civil society organizations, and government agencies at the Novotel Manila Araneta City on September 14, 2023.
Responsible Seafood Sourcing Gains Momentum in the Philippines
“Sustainable seafood” in the Philippines used to mean mostly imported seafood destined for high-end hotel chains.
Handbook for Peer Educators: Promoting Sustainable Fisheries
This handbook provides peer educators tools to educate others on topics related to fisheries management, to champion and advocate for sustainable fisheries, and engaging with and urging support from their local leaders and communities toward improving the management of fisheries and other marine resources.
The Blue Swimming Crab Partnership in the Visayan Sea
This brief documents the complex challenge of improving Blue Swimming Crab (BSC) management at various scales, as part of an overall ecosystems approach to fisheries management.
2023 West Philippine Seascape Civil Society Summit
The 2023 Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Summit for the Conservation of the West Philippine Seascape (WPS) in the South China Sea brought together for the first time over 50 CSOs who have stakes in finding solutions to pressing issues confronting marine and fisheries resources in the seascape.
Climate Risk Management Actions and Results
This resource describes climate risk management actions and results that the Fish Right program implemented in the Philippines.
Philippines: Fish Right Activity Climate Risk Management Case Study
This case study describes Fish Right’s climate risk management actions in the Philippines during its first three years of implementation.
Philippine IUU Fishing Assessment Report 2021
This report summarizes the results of a series of IUU fishing workshops facilitated by DA-BFAR, USAID, and other various partners.
From Challenge to Opportunity: CLA Response to IUU Fishing in the Philippines
This report explains the approach that the Fish Right program took to identify and strengthen the Philippine Government’s response capacity to IUU fishing.
Governance Innovations in Fisheries for Today and Tomorrow (GIFTT) Portal
Online training resources for implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in Fisheries Management Areas in the Philippines.
Philippine Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Index and Threat Assessment Tool
This links to several tools to assess IUU fishing, identify solutions, and track the progress towards preventing IUU fishing in Philippine waters.
Fisheries Management Area 11 Management Framework (2022 - 2027)
The FMA 11 Management Framework seeks to address priority issues in fisheries that are transboundary in scale and require coordination among stakeholders.
Fish for the Future
This blog tells the story of how USAID empowers Indigenous women to fight illegal and unsustainable fishing in the Philippines.
