A team from PERSGA
SEM Project PCU, the Red Sea State Ministry of tourism, Wildlife
Administration, and an international consultant travelled to Dungonab Bay
and Mukkawar Island National Park
during the period January 23rd to 25th 2016. and
undertook community consultations, key informant interviews and participatory
mapping with the mayor, and local fisher communities in Dungonab and Mohammed
Qol. At the end of these sessions the communities from both villages were shown
the zoning map from 2004 prepared as part of the PERSGA MPA-SAP. After the
field visit to DMNP, the SEM MPA Consultant and PERSGA-MPA coordinator held a
meeting with Marine Fisheries Administration (MFA) in Port Sudan. The meeting provided the
opportunity to discuss the outcomes of the consultation with the local
community in DMNP and their willingness to consider closing the Najil spawning
areas on condition that other fishers were also excluded. During the final
meeting with MFA in January2016 the SEM MPA Consultant explained that the SEM
project would like to undertake a more detailed scientific study to determine
the status of the Najil spawning aggregations in DMNP so as to identify the
best management options.
The mission
was concluded by a One-day National workshop on January 27th 2016 to
discuss the MPA governance process for the demonstration site in Sudan.
During this workshop the proposed zoning scheme for use in DMNP was presented
to national stakeholders at the workshop. About 22 participants were attended
the workshop representing many different MPA stakeholders.