Reporting challenges facing the Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries &amp; Marine Resources

Brown, Alistair

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2016.08.012

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“…This includes inland, coastal and offshore fisheries, the aquaculture and mariculture of fisheries and aquatic resources, and responsibility for a 1.34 million km 2 exclusive economic zone. The MFMR was established as a standalone ministry in 2006 from a Fisheries Department that had been embedded within other ministries since before independence (Brown, 2016).…”

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“…• 2002: ICLARM is renamed The WorldFish Center.• 2006: Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources within the Ministry for Natural Resources becomes the MFMR(Brown, 2016).• Later in 2000s, national PhD-level marine biologist appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the MFMR(Wilson, 2008), following his role as a scientist in WorldFish.• By 2009, national development of the Coral Triangle Initiative National Plan of Action [MECM/MFMR (Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Meteorology/Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources), 2010] provides platform to align relevant government ministries and sector stakeholders toward approaches focused on CBRM. • Correspondingly, WorldFish clam and coral research adopts a goal of community livelihoods support (WorldFish, 2010).…”

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Three-Decades of Research Integration—Transforming to Collaborative Aquatic Food Systems Research Partnerships in the Pacific

Schwarz

Eriksson

Ramofafia

et al. 2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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High-quality research to provide sustainable development solutions in aquatic food systems requires a deliberate theory for its application at scale. One frequently defined pathway in theories of change for scaling research innovation is through partnerships. Yet, despite the widespread application of partnership modalities in food-systems research, only a small proportion of published research provides original and high-quality solutions for small-scale producers. Metrics of academic success can incentivize publication regardless of end-user impact. Analogously, partnerships among national and international institutions can also lack impact because of inequity and persistent power imbalances. We describe a long-term research for development partnership between a CGIAR center (WorldFish) and a national government agency (Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources; MFMR). We review the literature produced by, or about, the activities carried out in the name of the partnership over a 35-year period to build a time-line and to identify elements of research power, priorities and capacity by decade. The form and function of the collaboration through time form the basis of our analysis of the journey toward an increasingly equitable partnership: a theorized goal toward greater development outcome at scale in Solomon Islands. The partnership has been strongly influenced by changes in both institutions. The MFMR has undergone a significant increase in operational capacity since the partnership was first conceived in 1986. WorldFish has also undergone change and has navigated tensions between being locally impactful and globally relevant through periods of different research foci. With an increasingly competent and capable ministry, dimensions of power and practice have had to be re-visited to embed CGIAR research on aquatic food systems within national development trajectories. By focusing on a practice seeking more meaningful and respectful partnerships, WorldFish—as an international research partner—continues to evolve to be fit for purpose as a credible and effective research partner. We discuss this journey in the context of system-level change for aquatic food system sustainability and innovation.

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