Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
Vanuatu Fisheries Dept
Publication Year:
2007
Publication Place
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Physical Description:
137 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
[EL]
BEL
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
16867
Legacy PEIN ID:
56773
General Notes
Kept in IW collection|Available electronically|Fisheries Dept. version incl. graphics (2007; 117mb). Subsequently published without graphics as IWP report
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Fisheries resources - Vanuatu
Marine resources - Vanuatu
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Marine resource
Marine resource management
Marine resources - Pacific - Oceania
Vanuatu
Fisheries
Fisheries resource management
Living marine resources
Abstract
The Republic of Vanuatu consists of over eighty mountainous islands, mostly of volcanic and coralline origin, extending over an area of over 12.200 sq. km. Of this total area. 5,500 sq. km is considered arable land. The area of inner reefs and lagoons is approximately 448 sq. km. with mangroves covering an area of 25 sq. km. The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an area of 680,000 sq. km. but resolution on the sovereignty7 over Matthew and Hunter Islands (EEZ of about 190,000 sq. km.) would have a significant impact. The projected population in 1991 was 165,260 while that in 1989 was 142,630. The intercensal population growth rate between 1979 and 1988 was 2.4 percent. The Fisheries Department is the sole agency responsible for the control (regulation), development and management of the fisheries resources within Vanuatu. However, consideration of the impacts from developments on the environment is the responsibility of the Environment Unit of the Ministry of Natural Resources. There is a possible overlap of responsibilities between the two agencies in certain areas like assessment work and conservation of species.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
Vanuatu Fisheries Dept
Publication Year:
2007
Publication Place
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Physical Description:
137 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
[EL]
BEL
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
16867
Legacy PEIN ID:
56773
General Notes
Kept in IW collection|Available electronically|Fisheries Dept. version incl. graphics (2007; 117mb). Subsequently published without graphics as IWP report
Record Created: 02-Mar-2001
Record Modified: 18-Dec-2020