In understanding effective marine management, the project aims to support communities in its five partner countries to learn about existing management practices. “Learning sites” were chosen over “pilot sites” as MACBIO aspires to highlight examples of communities who have been recognized for their effective marine management approaches. Within Fiji, two proposed learning sites were chosen including the Vanua1 Navakavu and the province of Macuata. In this report, we highlight lessons from the Yavusa Navakavu. Navakavu was identified as a learning site due to their long-time success in managing their tabu or no-take zone. An indicator of this success has been the rediscovery of the armored crab, Calappa calappa in 2009 by the Turaga ni Vanua (head spokesman), the late Mr. Asakaia
Balawa (Thaman & Fong, 2009).
