4FJ Fish Smart Radio Show 24: Simple, Focused, Community-Owned

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15txwy83wgg&list=PLAZ1Fm0TJaVtDPdGUKO232scInHs3ALUs&index=16

Communities need to understand that community-based fisheries management is more than tabus / MPAs. There are other ‘fish smart’ practices they can start doing today. If you are a fisher or a community with rights to fishing grounds, there are a bunch of actions you can do to help ensure our fish get to breed and we can catch the most possible year after year. And these actions should be combined to get the best results. The goal is to make sure we have enough breeding so our fish sizes get bigger and we get steady catches every year. Our guests were Penina Wainiu from the Pacific Blue Foundation and Waisea Naisilisili from the Wildlife Conservation Society.