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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

This paper focuses on the environmental challenges of sustainable development issues with particular attention to natural resource management, environment and climate change in the food and agriculture sector (including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry).

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

This study first presents the general knowledge on shark exploitation and vulnerability. Then, the status of coastal shark fisheries in the Pacific Islands is addressed from the angle of the data available for this region and on the basis of information collected through a questionnaire that was sent to the fisheries department of the Pacific countries. In the last part, prospects for management and regulation are discussed.

 PNG Conservation and Environment Protection Authority

Marine fisheries

 National Fisheries Authority of Papua New Guinea

Tuna Fishery Report Card 2018

 Pacific Data Hub

In the mid-2000s the U.S. west coast oyster industry experienced several years of significant production failures. This industry has been referred to as the “canary in a coal mine” for ocean acidification (OA). Industry-led collaboration with university and government scientists identified a relationship between elevated carbon dioxide in seawater and poor oyster seed production. This multiyear production slow-down resulted in significant economic losses to the industry and spurred state and regionally led initiatives to examine the current and potential future impacts of OA.

 Pacific Data Hub

The impact that ocean acidification (OA) could generate in the fisheries of Isostichopus badionotus at the north of the Yucatan Peninsulta, Mexico, was analysed by reducing the value of a parameter of the Beverton-Holt recruitment function, in accordance with the acidification scenarios of the Intergovermental Panel Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The behaviour of the stock and the resulting fishery were analysed in a bioeconomic model structured by age, taking into account different market prices and fishing efforts.

 Pacific Data Hub

Changing climatic conditions are affecting the relationship between fishing communities and the marine resources they depend on. This shift will require an adaptive response on the part of policy makers and fishery managers. In the U.S., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) established, in its fisheries agency (NOAA Fisheries), a set of social indicators of fishing community vulnerability and resilience to evaluate the impacts of changes in fishery management regimes.

 Pacific Data Hub

Kronen M., Stacey N., Holland P., Magron F., Power M. c2007. Socioeconomic fisheries surveys in Pacific Islands : a manual for the collection of a minimum dataset. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community,. xi, 129 p.

 Pacific Data Hub

Tiroba G. c2007. Seaweed quality manual : a practical guide for seaweed farmers, seaweed extension officers, buying officers, buying agents, fisheries oficiers and exporters. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. vi, 16 p.

 Pacific Data Hub

Tiroba G. 2013. Seaweed quality manual, Solomon Islands. A practical guide for seaweed farmers, buying agents, fisheries officers and exporters [updated and expanded version - 2013]. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 26 p.

 Pacific Data Hub

Preston G.L. c2009. The Ecosystem Approach to Coastal Fisheries and Aquaculture in Pacific Island Countries and Territories. Part 1, A review of the current status - Part 2, Principles and approaches for strategic implementation. Arlington, VA: The Nature Conservancy. 132 p.

 Pacific Data Hub

Preston G.L. 2009. The ecosystem approach to coastal fisheries and aquaculture in Pacific Island countries and territories [Booklet version]. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 20 p.

 Pacific Data Hub

Anon. 2015. Une nouvelle partition pour les pêches côtières – les trajectoires de changement : La Stratégie de Nouméa. Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie: Communauté du Pacifique. 16 p.

 Pacific Data Hub

Nicol S. 2014. Oceanographic characterisation of the Pacific Ocean and potential impact of climate variability on tuna stocks and their fisheries. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 10 p.

 Pacific Data Hub

Watt, P. 2001. A manual for the co-management of commercial fisheries in the Pacific. Noumea, New Caledonia: SPC, Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 39 p.

 Pacific Data Hub

Anon. 2016. Creel and market surveys: A manual for Pacific Island fisheries officers. Noumea, New Caledonia: Pacific Community. 136 p.

 Pacific Data Hub

Anon. 2012. Guide d'utilisation des fiches sur la gestion communautaire des ressources halieutiques. Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie: Secrétariat général de la Communauté du Pacifique. 24 p.

 Pacific Data Hub

Watt P. 2001.. Manuel de cogestion de ressources halieutiques commerciales en Océanie. Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie: Secrétariat général de la Communauté du Pacifique. 39 p.

 Pacific Data Hub

Anon. 2011. Guide & Information sheets for fishing communities - Guide to information sheets on fisheries management for communities. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 24 p.

 Pacific Data Hub

Anon. 2014. Teachers resource kit on fisheries for the Cook Islands. 72 p.