15 plans, 5 PICTs
FAME supported development or updating of 15 coastal management plans across five PICTs in 2025 (Result FAME15).
CBFM Report — to be linked. The Community-Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) report is in production for the 2025 reporting cycle. This page surfaces the CBFM-related evidence currently available from FAME's other reporting streams, and will host the full report when published.
CBFM evidence — what we know now
Drawn from the Coastal Fishery Report Card 2025 and the FAME 2025 Results Register.
User rights in 19 PICTs
User rights and tenure systems are recognised in 19 PICTs through constitutional, national or sub-national legislation.
12 PICTs reporting effective partnerships
Increased effectiveness in partnerships, collaboration & coordination with NGOs, CSOs and non-state actors (Coastal RC 2025).
34,713 market stalls surveyed
2021-25 via SPC's Ikasavea app — the community-level catch monitoring backbone for CBFM.
9 FADs deployed
Fish Aggregating Devices deployed in 2025 to diversify community fishing pressure and support food security.
10 PICTs livelihoods support
Alternative & supplementary livelihoods development supported in 10 PICTs in 2025 (Result FAME17).
What the CBFM report will contain
Planned contents
- Country-level inventory of CBFM plans, sites and committees
- Catch & effort monitoring outcomes from Ikasavea-equipped sites
- Gender & youth participation in community fisheries committees
- Case studies of CBFM in action across Melanesia, Polynesia & Micronesia
- Lessons learned and replicable approaches
In the meantime
Two existing publications already cover CBFM in depth:
Coastal Fishery Report Card 2025 2025 Results Register (filter: Objective 2)