Fisheries
Latest publications from the Pacific Community (SPC)
The latest publications list includes several from the Fisheries, Aquaculture & Marine Ecosystems (FAME) Division, including Shark and ray identification manual and two reviews of the fisheries, management and trade of Aquarium products in the…
Bridging fishers’ and Western scientific knowledges to farm sea cucumbers in a community setting in Palau
Photo © George Stoyle - A fisherwoman gleaning sea cucumbers in the seagrass beds adjacent to the farm
By Caroline Ferguson1, Ann Singeo and Alex Ferrier-Loh
Caroline Ferguson is a PhD candidate in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and…
Valuing the critical roles and contributions of women fishers to food security and livelihoods in Fiji
By Alyssa S. Thomas, Sangeeta Mangubhai1, Margaret Fox, Watisoni Lalavanua, Semisi Meo, Waisea Naisilisili, Alfred Ralifo, Joeli Veitayaki and Salote Waqairatu
Gender in tuna value chains: Case studies from Indonesia and Solomon Islands
By Kate Barclay1 , Nicholas McClean1 , Dedi S. Adhuri2 , Reuben Sulu3 and Michael Fabinyi1
Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership providing communities with training on alternative fishing practices
The Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) programme is working to improve the sustainable management of fisheries resources and ecosystems through support, mentoring and empowerment at the community level.
Last week, the PEUMP programme…
Minister of Fisheries congratulates Muanaira Women’s Group for oyster farming success
Today, the Fiji Minister of Fisheries Mr Semi Koroilavesau visited oyster fishers of the Muanaira Women’s Group in Rewa to acknowledge their commitment to successfully trialling a new way of growing oysters by farming. The group is leading an…
4th Regional Technical Meeting for Coastal Fisheries (RTMCF)
Ministerial Forum Fisheries Committee & RFMM Meeting
Regional meeting co-organised with FFA.
Rachael Luru, balancing being an at-sea observer and a mum
How do you manage when you are a young mother and your job requires you to spend several weeks in a row at sea, on fishing boats, in order to collect crucial data for the conservation of the fishery resources of your country?