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In Kiribati, the official endorsement of community-based fisheries management (CBFM) plans has faced significant challenges during the programme’s inception in 2014. At that time, pilot communities were actively developing plans, yet the absence of specific legal provisions supporting the adoption of CBFM plans posed a major obstacle. Kiribati’s Fisheries Act 2010 primarily focused on offshore fisheries, neglecting coastal fisheries management, thereby complicating the conservation and management of coastal marine resources.
