During this workshop, the focus shifted towards helping the community set specific objectives for the project.

Day 1: An Introduction and Overview

The first day commenced with an introduction to objective setting, emphasizing the importance of effective management for the BMU. Attendees were guided through a structured process that highlighted the key steps in achieving good BMU management, including developing short-term objectives, assessing the current status, identifying necessary actions, taking action, and measuring progress.

To delve deeper into the specific challenges and issues faced by the community, participants were divided into smaller focus groups. Each group was assigned one of three tasks:

• Task 1: Listing factors contributing to the reduction of fish within the BMU;
• Task 2: Identifying challenges in the governance of the BMU; and
• Task 3: Pinpointing sources of conflict within the fishing areas of the BMU.

The first day concluded with the facilitators collecting and aggregating the lists generated by the focus groups. Their goal was to create a consolidated main list, removing redundancy and ensuring that all relevant factors were considered.

Day 2: Objectives

On the second day, participants revisited the concepts discussed on the previous day and collectively agreed on the main objectives that would guide their project efforts. Three primary objectives emerged from the workshop:

• Reducing the use of beach seine within the Chale-Jeza BMU.
• Increasing the number of Chale-Jeza BMU fishers landing at the BMU landing sites.
• Raising the number of BMU Assembly meetings from 3 per year to 6 per year by the end of 2023.

Conclusion

These clear objectives provided a focused direction for the project, setting the stage for targeted actions and efforts to improve the management and sustainability of the BMU and its fisheries.

It was decided that the community would initially focus on their first management objective: reducing drag net fishing in their BMU fishing grounds.