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Description:
Title:
Development of a network of no-take zones building on community based management initiatives for the Island Province of Kadavu, Fiji technical report
Author(s):
Wendt, Hans Karl
Comley, James
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
University of the South Pacific
Corporate Name:
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
University of the South Pacific
Dates of Publication:
2011
Abstract:
A combination of increased commercial fishing and larger local subsistence harvests has left most of Fiji's coastal waters overfished. Declining fisheries have been exacerbated by habitat decline caused by poor land-use practices, out-breaks of coral predators, and increased storm frequency and coral reef bleaching events. Rural Fijians, who constitute more than half (57%) of Fiji's rapidly-growing population of nearly one million (Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics, 2008) , have suffered as most of these villagers still lead a traditional subsistence-based livelihood, communally utilizing local marine resources for at least part of their daily protein and income. Over the last nine years, a growing number of Fijian villages have begun to carefully regulate the use of their marine areas through the establishment of locally-managed marine areas (LMMAs). To date there are over two hundred of these LMMAs in operation in Fiji. These LMMAs have partner support of NGOs, government agencies and academic institutes which fall under the umbrella of the FLMMA network which in turn is part of the regional LMMA network (http://www.lmmanetwork.org/)" --Intro.
Keywords:
Benthos
Coral reef conservation
Habitat
Marine ecology
Marine ecosystem management
Marine resources conservation
Social aspects
Place Keywords:
Fiji
Kandavu
Local Corporate Name:
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Professional Paper
Note:
A combination of increased commercial fishing and larger local subsistence harvests has left most of Fiji's coastal waters overfished. Declining fisheries have been exacerbated by habitat decline caused by poor land-use practices, out-breaks of coral predators, and increased storm frequency and coral reef bleaching events. Rural Fijians, who constitute more than half (57%) of Fiji's rapidly-growing population of nearly one million (Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics, 2008) , have suffered as most of these villagers still lead a traditional subsistence-based livelihood, communally utilizing local marine resources for at least part of their daily protein and income. Over the last nine years, a growing number of Fijian villages have begun to carefully regulate the use of their marine areas through the establishment of locally-managed marine areas (LMMAs). To date there are over two hundred of these LMMAs in operation in Fiji. These LMMAs have partner support of NGOs, government agencies and academic institutes which fall under the umbrella of the FLMMA network which in turn is part of the regional LMMA network (http://www.lmmanetwork.org/)" --Intro.
2011
Grant no. NA08NOS4630332;
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Library
Public Domain
1858
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