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Number
119 (October-December 2006)
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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, Australia and New Zealand
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Editorial
Welcome to this last
issue of the SPC Fisheries Newsletter for 2006. In this issue,
an update of the Solomon Islands marine aquaculture is given.
The Solomon Islands Aquaculture Division of the Department of
Fisheries and Marine Resources will soon implement its Strategic
Plan for 2007–2010 and this activity will be supported by an
NZAID-funded institutional strengthening project.
Jean-Paul Gaudechoux
Fisheries Information Adviser
(jeanpaulg@spc.int)
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In
This Issue
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| SPC
ACTIVITIES |
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Aquaculture Section |
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• 2nd SPC Regional Aquaculture
Meeting, New Caledonia (20-24th November 2006)
• Regional workshop on genetic management and
improvement in aquaculture
• Update on grouper aquaculture at the Queensland
Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Northern
Fisheries Centre, Cairns, Australia
• Tropical crustacean aquaculture research at James Cook
University
• Solomon Islands marine aquaculture update
• Crayfish farming in New Caledonia: A fast developing
rural activity
• Oyster farming in New Caledonia (704
K)
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Nearshore
Fisheries development and Training Section |
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• Third Sea Safety bulletin
published
• Third regional course for fishing vessel skippers held
in Nelson
• 2006 tuna skippers course in Nelson, New Zealand
• DEVFISH project activity
• Fisheries Development Officer, Steve Beverly, visits
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, to deploy FADs
• In brief (532 K)
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Fisheries
Management
Section |
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• National workshop on the
Community-based Fisheries Management Programme
• Coastal Fisheries Management Programme in the Solomon
Islands
• First phase of fisheries statistics and stock
assessment training successfully completed (152
K)
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Reef Fisheries
Observatory |
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• Survey work in Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands: Marovo-Chubikopi village
• Activities back in Noumea (480
K)
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| NEWS FROM IN AND AROUND THE REGION |
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• Baby fish "smell their way
home"
• Aquaculture
development advances in American Samoa
• Sandfish hatchery techniques manual
• Suva Harbour Foundation (216 K) |
| FEATURE
ARTICLES |
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Fish Aggregating Devices: The
Okinawan/Pacific experience, by William Sokimi (384
K) |
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Deep-setting longline technique for
bycatch mitigation tested in Hawaii, by Steve Beverly
(176 K) |
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The Live Reef Fish Trade in the
Pacific: A look at recent trends and developments, by
Being M. Yeeting (552 K) |
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| Complete issue in
PDF format:
Fisheries Newsletter #119
(2.7 Mo)
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