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Fax: +687 26.38.18

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Produced by the Information Section, Marine Resources Division, SPC, B.P. D5, 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia. Fax: (687) 263818; E-mail: cfpinfo@spc.int with financial assistance from France.

Editorial

In this issue of the Fisheries Newsletter, readers will find reports on the activities carried out by the various sections of SPC’s Marine Resources Division. Please note the item on the 15th meeting of the Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish (Honolulu, Hawaii, 22 to 27 July 2002). The committee is designed to act as a forum where tuna scientists and tuna industry professionals can meet and address scientific issues on fishing data, research and stock assessment.

The Fisheries Training Section has recently produced a video: Grow Seaweed, Grow Your Own Money, the purpose of which is to promote seaweed culture by remote fishing communities. The film was made in Kiribati where the growing of Euchema is already well developed, with an annual output of 1000 tonnes of dry product. There is market demand for this commodity and the production technology is known and reliable. Other countries could consider going into this type of aquaculture in the very near future.

Enjoy this issue!

Jean-Paul Gaudechoux,
Fisheries Information Adviser
(jeanpaulg@spc.int)