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© Copyright SPC

Number 112 (January-March 2005)

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

Too often we read about Pacific Island fishermen being lost at sea. Like road safety programmes, there are no quick solutions to reducing the loss of life at sea. It is also difficult to estimate the extent of the problem as most countries in the region don't keep statistics of small boat accidents. SPC and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations have been working closely together to improve the safety of small boats. One way is to increase awareness of sea safety through training programmes. Political will is essential for developing long-term national strategies to enhance sea safety for small vessels.

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

In This Issue
SPC ACTIVITIES
  Reef Fisheries Observatory
   

• Preliminary findings: A snapshot of the condition of coral reefs in Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Tonga and Vanuatu from 2002-2004 (313 Ko)

  Fisheries Development Section
   

• Finalising field reports for Tuvalu and Papua New Guinea
• Manual and booklet being drafted
• Technical assistance to Nauru (275 Ko)

  Training Section
   

• Small fishing business management course offered at Vanuatu Maritime College
• SPC bycatch materials reach Indonesian fishermen
• Fisheries HRD planning in Nauru (142 Ko)

  Aquaculture Section
   

• Sustainable aquaculture in Pacific Islands region and northern Australia
• 16th NACA Governing Council Meeting (159 Ko)

NEWS FROM IN AND AROUND THE REGION
  From lobster flock to lobster feast (94 Ko)
  Scientists discover how fish evolved to float at different sea depths (86 Ko)
  A great leap upstream for fish farmers (150 Ko)
  Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific (142 Ko)
FEATURE ARTICLES
  FADBase and future directions for ecological studies of FAD-associated fish , Tim Dempster & Marc Taquet (228 Ko)
  SPC training boosts Fiji's fry productionWhat do tuna eat? A tuna diet study, Valérie Allain (346 Ko)
  Small boat sea safety in the Pacific , Marc Smaalders (181 Ko)
  FAD research project: Final results on mooring designs, aggregators and costs , Lindsay Chapman, Ian Bertram & Brendon Pasisi (1,5 Mo)
  Final stages of WorldFish-SPC sea cucumber project , Steve Purcell (211 Ko)
  Monoculture of the native freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium lar in Vanuatu, and integrated with taro in Wallis and Futuna , Satya Nandlal (249 Ko)

Complete issue in pdf format:
Issue #112 (pdf - 3.2 Mo)


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