4FJ Fish Smart Radio Show 17: Ban on beche-de-mer lifted, what you need to know

2022 - Authored by cChange - Published by cChange, the Locally-Managed Marine Area Network, and the Pacific Community

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guxr78EGHc8&list=PLAZ1Fm0TJaVtDPdGUKO232scInHs3ALUs&index=26

It's here the high anticipated talanoa on the Qoli Vakamatau Radio Talkback show saw many callers call in to contribute towards a discussion on the topic: Ban on beche-de-mer lifted, what you need to know. Guests on the show were Ministry of Fisheries Principal Officer Eastern Division Mere Namudu and Fisheries Officer (BDM) Saimone Tauvoli. Their contributions were informative and responded to callers who called in to ask questions about issues pertaining to licensing, sizes, species of beche-de-mer, if harvesting timelines could be extended due to the unfavourable weather conditions among other issues. The Ministry is also shared that it will be monitoring how the qoliqoli owners would use the money that was derived from gathering BDMs for the community projects such as village footpaths, electricity projects etc.