During his first 100 days in office, President Surangel Whipps Jr reorganised the government with the creation of two new ministries, including the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment (MAFE)...With the new ministry, he also intends to promote collaboration with the other Micro
The Blue Marine Foundation, a London-based NGO focused on marine conservation, hosted a free online interactive roundtable on “Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in Responsible Tuna Fisheries” on Thursday, 6 May.
The Council of Ministers (COM) has revoked its decision to establish a Ministry of Fisheries, Ocean and Maritime Affairs. The COM made the decision during its meeting on Malekula in October last year, following the Prime Minister's announcement on Independence Day.
Protecting areas of ocean from destructive human activity could help prevent climate change, protect biodiversity, and at the same time increase the catch of fish, according to the most comprehensive analysis of its kind.
Two reports compiled by President Surangel Whipps Jr.’s Transition Subcommittee for the Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment & Tourism (MNRET) examines steps the government can take for the development and conservation of Palau’s natural resources, including domestic fisheries.
This Strategic Plan for the Regional Maritime Programme (RMP) of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) follows on from RMP's Three year strategic plan 2003 to 2005. It builds on
achievements of the previous plan period and sets out the direction of the Programme over the next five years (2006 to 2010).
Available online
Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 14 p.
In September 1991 the Government of the Marshall Islands requested assistance in compiling a bibliography of material relating to fisheries and marine resources of the Marshall Islands. After discussions between the staff of the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority and the Fisheries Programme of the South Pacific Commission, it was decided that a search for appropriate documents would take place in Majuro, Guam, Tokyo, Honolulu and Suva during September, October and November 1991.
Look in the SPC shelf under section I.
Call Number: 639.016 IZU
This Pacific Remote Island Areas Fisheiy Ecosystem Plan (FEP) was developed by the Western Pacific Regional Fisheiy Management Council and represents the first step in an incremental and
collaborative approach to implement ecosystem approaches to fisheiy management in the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA) of Baker Island, Johnston Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll,
Kingman Reef, Wake Island and Palmyra Atoll.
Available online
Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 232 p.
The baseline assessment provides a current status report on the coastal marine resources of Niue. It offers recommendations for the management options available to address the concerns of local villagers with respect to deterioration of coastal resources. The lessons learned from the pilot project are expected to have national importance and should provide a guide to the best approach to sustainable fisheries management for all of Niue.
Available online only.
Call Number: 338.372
ISBN/ISSN: 978-982-04-0362-8
Difficulties in scaling up theoretical and experimental results have raised controversy over the consequences of biodiversity
loss for the functioning of natural ecosystems. Using a global survey of reef fish assemblages, we show that in contrast to
previous theoretical and experimental studies, ecosystem functioning (as measured by standing biomass) scales in a non-
saturating manner with biodiversity (as measured by species and functional richness) in this ecosystem. Our field study also
