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Book (series)Report of the Workshop on Economic Strengthening of Fisheries Industries in Small Island Developing States in the South Pacific. Apia, Samoa, 14-18 September 1998. 1999
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No results found.This is the report of the Workshop on Economic Strengthening of Fisheries Industries in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the South Pacific, held in Apia, Samoa, from 14 to 18 September 1998. The workshop was organized and funded by the FAO Fishery Industries Division in cooperation with the FAO Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands (SAPA) which hosted the workshop. Messrs Masanami Izumi and Gilles Hosch, FAO SAPA, acted as Meeting Officer and Assistant Meeting Officer, respectively, while Drs D. Doulman, E. Ruckes and U. Tietze, FAO Rome, performed their duties as principal resource persons and technical secretary of the workshop, respectively. The workshop was attended by 46 participants including participants and representatives of FAO member countries in the South Pacific, i.e., Fiji, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, participants from non FAO member countries and territories such as Kiribati, Nauru, as well as representatives of re gional organizations, institutions and donors such as the Forum Secretariat, the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the New Zealand School of Fisheries, the Asia Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) and the University of the South Pacific (USP). The main issues which were addressed in the workshop included the enhancement and conservation of aquatic resources and environment as precondition for sustainable fishery industries development, the economically viable and sustainable management of fishery enterprises, the strengthening of aquaculture enterprises in the South Pacific, the promotion of fish utilization and trade, fisheries education and training, investment and credit support, the fiscal and regulatory environment of fishery e nterprise development and the role of fisheries administrations in strengthening of fisheries enterprises.The workshop formulated a number of recommendations addressed to national Governments, regional organizations and bilateral and multilateral donors as well as proposals for follow-up activities and for better regional cooperation in strengthening fisheries industries in Small Island Developing States in the South Pacific. -
Book (stand-alone)A short history of industrial fishing in the Pacific islands 2007
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No results found.This short history explores the development of industrial fishing in the 22 countries and territories in the central and western Pacific Ocean. It traces the first substantive industrial fishing which was carried out by the Japanese in the 1920s and 1930s to the development of sashimi freezer longlining by the Japanese and tuna purse-seining by the Americans. Important recent developments in the Pacific islands include the entry of tuna vessels from China into the fishery and the developme nt of domestic longlining in most countries. Besides industrial tuna fishing, which occurs in the waters of all Pacific island countries, the only other significant form of industrial fishing in the Pacific islands region is shrimp trawling in Papua New Guinea. This document concludes with some important lessons learned, namely that government-owned tuna fishing companies are rarely successful and that most industrial-scale opportunities for the foreseeable future are likely to be tun a-related. -
Book (stand-alone)Solomon Islands blooming flower industry.
A smallholder’s dream
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No results found.Key elements of the Solomon Island economy are the pivotal role played by logging, the search for a replacement for logging, the deteriorating foreign reserve cover, the easing of inflation, the unlikely continuation of the relatively high rate of domestic economic growth, and low levels of formal employment. The overwhelming feature of the agricultural economy of Solomon Islands is the lack of balance in terms of size, natural advantage, expertise, focus of government attention, and commercia l involvement.The study was based on extensive interviews as there has been little written on the industry and even fewer statistics collected. No one in government is tasked with assisting the industry.
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