Mid-term Evaluation of Locally Based Coastal Fisheries Management in Pathew District, Chumphon Province (LBCFM-PD)

Abstract

Mid-term Evaluation of the Project Locally Based Coastal Fisheries Management in Pathew District (LBC FM-PD I. Background Prior to the year 2001, the Department of Fisheries (DOF), Thailand, envisaged to undertake the coastal fisheries management project in Chumporn Province. There are several alternative sites in the province to be considered, but finally the DOF selected Pakklong Sub-district, Pathew District as the pilot project site. The reason to select this site was mainly due to the Royal Project Council plan to implement comprehensive development projects there under the "Master Plan of the Royal Project on Coastal Resource Conservation and Rehabilitation, PathewDistric, Chumpom Province". The Royal Project consists of four programs namely, Natural Resource and Environmental Protection and Prevention Program, Natural Resource and Environmental Rehabilitation Program, Quality of Life Development Program, and Tourism Development Program. The LBCFM-PD is the project under the first two programs. The project aims to establish a workable framework for five years and the Cabinet has already approved this plan, together with an allocation of budget