The Pacific Island region and its communities are vulnerable as they are particularly threatened by illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.Click on the link below to read the full story.
When delegates sit down next week in New York to consider how to ensure the sustainability of the world's oceans there will be a strong Pacific push to focus on the rights of coastal communities.Click on the link below to read the full article and to listen to the interview.
Fishing communities can decide to temporarily open marine protected areas (MPAs), or taboo fishing grounds, in order to earn an income for back to school shopping since they started the taboo, says Fiji Locally Managed Marine Areas co-ordinator Margaret Vakalalabure.
