Dredging/sand mining at the Pangaimotu/Toula causeway- impacts on the environment and coastal fisheries

Abstract

Toula community were concerned about possible sedimentation problems that may have triggered the sudden declining of the marine edible fisheries within their fishing ground, the coastal water between Toula and Pangaimotu. The people of Toula have been relying on these fisheries for their everyday food and income for a decade.