FAO Fisheries Circular No. 907 FIP/C907
Rome, 1997
ISSN 0429-9329
FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC: SITUATION AND OUTLOOK IN 1996
by
Fisheries Department
FAO, Rome, Italy
PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT This document was drafted as part of the Fisheries Department's preparations for the 1995 State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture. The paper summarizes pertinent information relating to fisheries issues and trends in the South Pacific and provides an outlook for these issues. |
FAO Fisheries Department Fisheries and Aquaculture in the South Pacific: Situation and Outlook 1996. FAO Fisheries Circular. No. 907. Rome. FAO.1996. 41p. ABSTRACT This paper provides a summary of the fisheries situation in the South Pacific. Section A of the paper discusses the role of fisheries in the economy and society of the region, situations and trends within the fisheries sector and the prevailing policy and institutional framework. In Section B important technical and policy issues are addressed, including fish consumption and nutrition, institutional strengthening and capacity building, regional fisheries cooperation and relations with distant-water fishing nations, problems facing fishery management organizations and arrangements, traditional fisheries management practice, development and strengthening of national fishing and processing industries, improved international marketing for fish and fisheries products, fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance, fishing on the high seas, management of excess fishing capacity, discards, applied fisheries research and technology transfer, promotion of sustainable aquaculture, national and regional development assistance for the fisheries sector, rehabilitation of inshore fisheries and environmental concerns. Finally, Section C of the paper provides an outlook for the issues reviewed in the preceding section. |
This circular was prepared by: David J. Doulman, Senior Fishery Liaison Officer, International Institutions and Liaison Service (FIPL) and leader, FAO interdepartmental taskforce for the region; D.M. Bartley, Fishery Resources Officer (Genetic Conservation), Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service (FIRI), Fishery Resources Division; D.G. James, Senior Fishery Industry Officer (Technology), Fish Utilization and Marketing Service (FIIU), Fishery Industries Division; H. Josupeit, Fishery Industry Officer, Fish Utilization and Marketing Service (FIIU), Fishery Industries Division; J. Majkowski, Fishery Resources Officer, Marine Resources Service (FIRM), Fishery Resources Division; M. Pedini, Senior Adviser (Aquaculture Development), Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service (FIRI), Fishery Resources Division; A.R. Smith, Fishery Industry Officer (Gear), Fishing Technology Service (FITT), Fishery Industries Division. A contribution from Dr. T. Adams, Resource Assessment and Management Section, Coastal Fisheries Programme of the South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia, is acknowledged for the resource and management sections.