Fiji: Fisheries resources profiles

Abstract

Fiji is populated principally by Fijians and Indians, with Part Europeans, Chinese, Europeans and Others being the other categories recorded. According to archeological evidence, Fiji was originally settled in three different waves of migration, the earliest wave dating from about 1600 BC. Though scientists disagree about exactly when the forebears of Fijians first arrived, it is generally agreed that these people came from the New Britain area (now belonging to Papua New Guinea) and were most likely ancestors of present-day Polynesians. They practised agriculture, raised pigs, and fished.