Fisheries Refugia Consultant (Technical Specialist, Fisheries)- Retainer (Home based)

Functional Responsibilities and Deliverables:

In order to ensure that fisheries issues in general, and the outcomes of the Fisheries Refugia Project in particular, are well integrated into the updated TDA and SAP, the SCS-SAP project will recruit a consultant on Fisheries Refugia to assist the lead consultant on TDA and SAP updating (Consultant 5) with the incorporation of fisheries information from the Fisheries Refugia project into the TDA process. 

The consultancy will include the following key tasks:

• Desk Review of the outcomes of the Fisheries Refugia Project

• Preliminary identification of transboundary issues related to fisheries refugia (in coordination with the SCS-SAP project team members).

• Lead national consultations with fisheries stakeholders as part of the TDA process with the aim to obtain national inputs to the TDA related to fisheries refugia and other transboundary issues related to fisheries (e.g. fish migrations)

• Participate as fisheries expert in the regional consultation on the draft TDA

• Support the Consultant on TDA and SAP Update to finalise the TDA for SCM approval