Department of Environment, Tonga
Inshore fishery catch data by region and fish family. Source: Fisheries Division.
Department of Environment, Tonga
In the mid 1990s the idea arose that coastal communities should be given powers to regulate fisheries in their nearby marine areas. That concept gained momentum and in the early 2000s a change in Tonga’s fisheries legislation allowed for fisheries management by local communities, through Special Management Areas (SMAs). Since that time the Fisheries Division has worked with coastal communities to establish 11 SMAs.
Department of Environment, Tonga
Draft word document of the Tonga SoE 2010 report