Number 126 (July-September 2008)
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Produced by the Information Section, Marine Resources Division, SPC, B.P. D5, 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia. Fax: (687) 263818.
Produced with financial assistance from France, Australia and New Zealand
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Editorial
Welcome to this issue of the Fisheries Newsletter. In the article by Michel Blanc et al., the authors report on the outcome of a pilot project in Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, to turn fish waste into fish silage for use as a fertiliser and/or livestock food additive.
Antoine Teitelbaum and Sompert Gereva present the results of a small-scale anemonefish farming trial in Vanuatu. The main goal of this project is to determine whether anemonefish farming could be a viable activity in rural areas in Vanuatu. Anemonefish are among the most popular aquarium fish, and hatchery production is practised commercially on a routine basis in many developed areas.
William Sokimi, describes the deployment of two sub-surface FADs in New Caledonia, the design of the FADs being inspired (at a cheaper cost) from the Okinawa FAD.
Jean-Paul Gaudechoux Fisheries Information Adviser
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In this issue
SPC ACTIVITIES
Reef Fisheries Observatory (pdf: )
- Technical assistance to Palau to develop sea cucumber fishery management plan
- Finfish presentation to the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium
- Some early socioeconomic findings
- Pacific Islands Marine Data and Observations Training Workshop
- Sub-regional underwater visual census finfish workshops
- Live Reef Fish Trade Initiative assistance to Samoa
- Attachment training for Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority fisheries officer
- Kosrae marine aquarium resources survey report
Coastal Fisheries Management Section (pdf: )
- Developing Palau's sea cucumber fishery's management plan
Aquaculture Section (pdf: )
- Training for seaweed farmers and project field-men in Fiji Islands
Nearshore Fisheries Development and Training Section (pdf: )
- Review of the WWF pilot fish aggregating device in the Galapagos Islands
- Assistance to a domestic longline company in the Cook Islands
- FAD fishing methods and small boat safety workshop in Suva, Fiji Islands
- Second Pacific Island fisheries evidence training and investigation course
NEWS FROM IN AND AROUND THE REGION (pdf: )
- Coastal fisheries in the Pacific Islands region
- Boats shed their old skin
FEATURE ARTICLES
- Bathymetric mapping using a combination of sonar data and satellite imagery, by Franck Magron (pdf: )
- From sea to soil: Adding value to fish waste, by Angus McNeil, Michel Blanc, and Kim Des Rochers (pdf: )
- Vanuatu's first ornamental anemonefish (Amphiprion spp.) hatchery trials, by Antoine Teitelbaum and Sompert Rena Gereva (pdf: )
- Development of subsurface FADs in the Pacific Islands region, including deployment of two subsurface FADs in New Caledonia, by William Sokimi (pdf: )
Download the complete publication:
Fisheries Newsletter #126 (pdf: )
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