EnviroStrat is the lead consultant on a National Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Framework and two pilot MSPs at local Government level in The Philippines, integrating the archipelago’s fisheries with a broader blue economy assessment with fisherfolk at its heart. Some 2.15 million people are employed in the ocean economy, where fisheries and aquaculture contributed US$2.37 billion (1.5% of GDP) in 2016, and employed a large majority of small-scale fisherfolk that sustain households on the coast. For the past decade, marine fishery catches averaged 2 million tonnes per year (topped by exports of tuna followed by seaweeds and crabs). But fishing,…
