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 Mosese and Kinikoto collect sea-urchins from the Navakavu Reef, off Fiji’s main island, Viti Levu. The tabu, a traditional marker of fishing grounds, prevents over-fishing. Photograph: Kurt Johnson & Thomas Dallow
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Mosese Vesikara and his uncle, Kinikoto Mailautoka, are on the reef collecting sea urchins for lunch...When out collecting Vesikara and the other fishers carefully skirt the tabu – pronounced TAM-bo – a no-fishing zone demarcated by barnacled pillars embedded into the reef floor. These tabus are one tool of many for Fijian communities. Reintroduced to these waters after decades absent, they represent a return to traditional methods of reef and fishery management. 

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