Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
FAO of the UN
Publication Year:
2006
Publication Place
Rome, Italy
Physical Description:
88 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36060
Legacy PEIN ID:
76063
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Spearfishing - Status - Oceania
Spearfishing - Managementr - Oceania
Abstract
Spearfishing is growing in importance in the Pacific Islands. While its management has featured as a topic in some regional-level meetings, detailed information on spearfishing is surprisingly scarce. In early 1994, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) proposed to consolidate information on spearfishing in the Pacific Islands. The original intent was to undertake a review of the available literature through a desk study. With the realization that many issues related to spearfishing are undocumented, the strategy was changed to include some field work. These activities were supported by the FAO FishCode Programme. This report reviews spearfishing in selected Pacific Island countries and identifies the important species caught by and the major problems associated with the method. It further considers possible interventions to mitigate these problems and the assistance that is likely to be required by Pacific Island countries in the management of their spearfisheries. Visits to five countries undertaken during the study show that there are very large differences between countries, and between locations within a single country, in the level and type of spearfishing activities. General conclusions on the management of spearfishing include: (a) for several reasons, a complete ban of scuba spearfishing coupled with effective enforcement is the single most important spearfishing management measure; (b) spearfishing effort must be managed along with other forms of inshore fishing, since attempts at restricting spearfishing alone are not likely to be successful as fishing effort may b easily transferred to other small-scale fishing methods; and (c) in the management of inshore fisheries, including that of spearfishing, interventions must be formulated, initiated and enforced at the local level, preferably with some assistance from the national level.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
FAO of the UN
Publication Year:
2006
Publication Place
Rome, Italy
Physical Description:
88 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36060
Legacy PEIN ID:
76063
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 14-Oct-2009
Record Modified: 22-Jul-2021