Fisheries story: Fishing techniques - Trolling
This fishing technique is trolling. It is the most widespread fishing method to target nearshore pelagic fish in most of the Pacific islands. It is practiced from canoes, outboard and inboard powered boats by subsistence, artisanal, commercial,…
Stat of the week: Protein contained in fish and seafood consumed in the Pacific
Photo credit: Francisco Blaha
Fish is one of the main sources of dietary protein in the Pacific. Raw yellowfin tuna flesh contains 24.4g of protein per 100g. Are you interested to know how much protein is contained in other fish and seafood consumed in…
Fisheries story: First leadership training for regional aquaculture enterprises
The Pacific Community (SPC), through the Sustainable Pacific Aquaculture Development Project (PacAqua), worked with Megan Streeter, lead trainer, to deliver a first-of-its-kind training on leadership targeted at regional aquaculture enterprises. The…
SPC Fisheries Address Book 2021
SPC Fisheries Address Book 2021
The SPC Fisheries Address Book contains more than 1500 individual contacts of fisheries-related people, mainly from the Pacific Islands Region, but also from other parts of the world.
For each Pacific Island country…
Longline Observer Guide 2021
Contact: Siosifa Fukofuka, [email protected]
Monitoring the vulnerability and adaptation of coastal fisheries to climate change
Contact: Pauline Bosserelle, [email protected]
Fisheries Story: Gathering data to analyse how effective the anchored FADs are for fishers’ livelihoods
This week, these Coastal Fisheries Data Collectors from Kadavu, Fij, boarded a ferry to meet SPC's colleagues in Suva, to receive new tablets. They will use them to continue collecting data related to their artisanal fisheries.
The landing data they…
Fisheries Story: Fat is a sign of good health for Tuna
Do you know what a Fatmeter is? It is an electronic device to measure the amount of fat present. It has been used over the past 10 years by the SPC Fisheries scientist team to measure fat content in individual tuna. Simple and quick, the scientist…