Editor: Michel Blanc, Fisheries Education and Training Adviser, Training Section, SPC, B.P. D5, 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia, Phone: 687 262000; Fax: 687 263818; E-mail: mab@spc.org.nc). Production: Information Section, SPC, B.P.D5, 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia. Printed with financial assistance from the Government of France.

HTML version by Christine Briffa, E-mail: ChristineB@spc.org.nc

Note from the editor

FEATURES

• Seafood quality training in Ha'apai and Vava'u
• Quality training for seafood industry in Australia
• Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)'s implementation in the region?

SPC FISHERIES TRAINING ACTIVITIES

• Fiji fish processors learn how to gain 5% in yield by cutting fish the Tahitian way
• Pacific island women tackle fisheries business in New Zealand

AROUND THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION CENTRES

• Forum Fisheries Agency Calendar of Meetings Oct 1999 - June 2000 (as at 31 May 1999)
• News from the Department of Marine Science, University of Otago
• Seabass, Lates calcarifer, seed production training

NEWS FROM THE FISHERIES DEPARTMENTS

• Successful seaweed workshop in Fiji

USP NEWS

• The University of the South Pacific - Course Programme for 1999
• Certificate in climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessment
• Update on the Canadian-funded fisheries development project