Time: 9:00 – 11:00 Date: 20.03.2012
Place: An Thanh Nam Commune People’s Committee, Cu Lao Dung District
It was the first meeting in 2013, after a long break since last meeting in December 2012. Co-management in Cu Lao Dung has been rebooted with some changes in personnel. There is a new head of An Thanh Nam commune, Mr. Nguyen Chi Dung. And Mr. Nguyen Van Ngo, former head of An Thanh Nam commune who has recently been promoted to be vice head of Information division of Cu Lao Dung district, keeps supporting the co-management group and participating in the meeting. On GIZ side, Ms. Bianca Schlegel takes over from Mr. Nguyen Anh Dung and from now on will be in charge for the co-management establishing in Vo Thanh Van village, An Thanh Nam commune in Cu Lao Dung.
The main task of this meeting was to identify which resources are being collected, how (method of collection) and when (season of collection). The meeting started briefly with self-introduction, getting to know each other and then directly went to discussion on resources collection. Main resources in the area of the co-management group were identified in order as crab, shrimp, and fish (including goby fry and mud-skipper). Summary of the discussion was described in the table below. This information is essential for later discussion on zonation and regulation.
For later logistic, it was agreed that there would be meetings every Wednesday, from 9:00 to 11:00 in People’s Committee of An Thanh Nam commune, Cu Lao Dung district.
Resources used in the Vo Thanh Van co-management group’s area
| Resource | Method of Collection | Time of Collection (Lunar month) | Notes |
| Different types of big crabs | hook hand | Year round, no peak | Main resource. Decreasing in quantity. |
| Ba khía (sesarmid crab) | hand shovel or wood to dig a hole | Peak time (egg/breeding season): 7th – 9th lunar months | Decreasing in quantity probably because of overexploitation. |
| Cua con (Juvenile Crab) | roundnet (during daytime), hand and light (during night time) | Peak time: 4th - 5th lunar months | Mostly outsiders collect juvenile crab as local people here do not have skills to differentiate. |
| Different types of shrimps | Pushnet (harmful) 12 hell gate (harmful + illegal) Chemicals (harmful + illegal) | Different peak time for different types of shrimps: Tôm dáo: 1st-2nd lunar months Tép bạc bông: 4th – 6th lunar months Tôm càng, tép bần: 10th-11th lunar months | Stable quantity. |
| Egg shrimp | roundnet and hand | Peak time: 1st – 4th lunar month | Very rare |
| Cá (Fish): 2 main types, cá đối and cá ngát. | hand longnet (2 cm mesh size) natural chemical: toxic from root of the special plant (illegal, affect all fish) | Cá đối: peak time in 4th - 5th lunar months Cá ngát: year round | Good quantity. |
| Juvenile Goby fry | Roundnet Longnet Pushnet | 4th – 6th lunar months | Small scale, good quality and quantity |
| Cá thòi lòi & Cá bống sao (Muskipper) | Longnet Hand | Year round | Good quantity but decreasing |
| Mangrove worm | Digging with hoe, harmful for mangrove roots | Dry season: 1st – 5th lunar months | Many local people and also outsiders collect them. |
| Ốc (Snail)
| hand | Rarely collected. | |
| Big black clam (Dộp/Vọp) | Hand Hook | Year round | Rare. |
| Wood | hand axe (for cutting long dead branches) | Year round | Good quality. Illegal cutting occurs. Mostly people living near the coast collect dead/fallen mangroves. Other people use Eucalyptus in land for wood. |
| Bee Honey | Peak time: 4th-5th lunar months | Good quantity. Only specialised people with specific skills that collect honey. | |
| Sea-snake | hand | Occasionally, only specialized people can catch them. | |
| Rat | Trap | Occasionally, only specialized people can catch them. | |
| Eel-like | hand | Occasionally, only specialized people can catch them. |
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