Ten years after the tsunami disaster of December 2004 the training program PROTECTS (Project for Training, Education and Consulting for Tsunami Early Warning Systems) successfully comes to a close today with a festive ceremony in Jakarta/Indonesia. After the successful implementation and hand over to Indonesia of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS), PROTECTS was a direct follow-up project of GITEWS for training and further education purposes with respect to disaster protection measures. Since the start of the PROTECTS-Program in June 2011 right up to March 2014 a total of 169 different training modules have been executed. The project was financed by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research with a total sum of 7.2 million euros.
* Fisheries regulators rely on a culture of compliance to encourage adherence to fisheries legislation and regulations.
* Fisheries management mechanisms are routinely adopted to prevent non-compliance.
* Literature reveals a common culture of non-compliance across geographic locations and fisheries.
* Results are drawn from a study of 945 participants to understand the culture of compliance among West Australian fishers.
* Results improve understanding of non-compliance for this inshore fishery and how responses can encourage a compliant culture.