Fisheries newsletter / South Pacific Commission

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S 350.0823 FIS
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Noumea, New Caledonia : The Commission, 1983-
Issue
No. 150 (May-August 2016)
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Contents

Fisheries Newsletter In this issue 1
Editoria 1
SPC activities Crossing the bridge between science and management: The 12th meeting of the Scientific Committee of the WCPFC 2 , 3
12th Central Pacific tuna tagging cruise: research area shifts west 4 , 5
CSI: Noumea! Can anyone identify this mysterious fish? Episode 1 6
What is taxonomy? 6 , 7 , 8 , 9
Acknowledgements 9
SPC releases new identification guide for coastal finfish 10
SPC FAME scientists participate in Japanese research cruise on tuna food webs, and on freshwater eel larval migrations 11 , 12 , 13
A preliminary economic valuation of the sport fishing industry of New Caledonia 14
Introduction 14
Context: Tourism in New Caledonia 14 , 15
Case study: Data description 15 , 16
Economic impact 16 , 17
Potential of the sport fishing industry in New Caledonia 18
Value of a single fish 18
Conclusion 18
News from in and around the region Tuvalu Fisheries: Moving into the 21st century Fisheries in Tuvalu 19 , 20
Transforming the Tuvalu Fisheries Department 20 , 21
Work planning and monitoring 22
TFD work areas 22 , 23
Recent achievements 23 , 24
Samoa villagers celebrate first fish harvest from tilapia floating-cage aquaculture system 25
Solomon Islands' tuna fishery achieves MSC certification 26 , 27
Quantifying benefits from Pacific Island fisheries 28 , 29 , 30 , 31
Acknowledgements 31
Pacific region capacity building for CITES sharks and rays 32
Background 32
Workshop 32 , 33
Project outcomes 33 , 34
Recommendations 34 , 35
Update on beche-de-mer market prices in China 36
Sharing Pacific nearshore FAD expertise 37
Lessons learnt 37 , 38 , 39 , 40
Research and knowledge gaps 40 , 41
Acknowledgements 41
Contributions 41
Update on ciguatera research in French Polynesia 42 , 43
1. Epidemiological surveillance of marine biotoxin poisoning cases 44 , 45
2. Detection methods and technology watch 45 , 46 , 47
3. Ciguatera risk management and prevention in French Polynesian lagoons 47 , 48
4. Medical approach 48 , 49
5. Regional co-operation on marine biotoxin research 49 , 50
Acknowledgments 50 , 51
The history of SPC's involvement in fisheries development in the Pacific 52
SPC's fisheries programme: How did it start and evolve (1947 to 1969)? 52 , 53
SPC's coastal fisheries and aquaculture activities in the 1970s 54 , 55 , 56
SPC's coastal fisheries activities in the 1980s 56 , 57 , 58
SPC's coastal fisheries activities in the 1990s 58 , 59 , 60
Acknowledgements 60
A short history of the Skipjack Survey and Assessment Programme (SSAP) [Part 1] 61
Overview 61 , 62
Background 62 , 63 , 64 , 65
The active quest for funding 65 , 66
The context for obtaining commitments 66 , 67 , 68
Acknowledgements 68

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Fisheries  

Newsletter  

In this issue  

Pocific  

Community  

Communoute  

du Pocifique  

SPC activities  

Page Crossing the bridge between science and management:  

The 12 th meeting of the Scientific Committee of the WCPFC  

Page 12 th Central Pacific tuna tagging cruise: research area shifts west  

Page CSI: Noumea! Can anyone identify this mysterious fish? Episode  

Page 10 SPC releases new identification guide for coastal finfish  

Page 11 SPC FAME scientists participate in Japanese research cruise on  

tuna food webs, and on freshwater eel larval migrations  

Page 14 preliminary economic valuation of the sport fishing industry  

of New Caledonia  

News from in and around the region  

Page 19 Tuvalu Fisheries: Moving into the century  

Page 25 Samoa villagers celebrate first fish harvest from tilapia floating-  

cage aquaculture system  

Page 26 Solomon Islands' tuna fishery achieves MSC certification  

Page 28 Quantifying benefits from Pacific Island fisheries  

Page 32 Pacific region capacity building for CITES sharks and rays  

Page 36 Update on beche-de-mer market prices in China  

Page 37 Sharing Pacific nearshore FAD expertise  

Feature articles  

Page 42 Update on ciguatera research in French Polynesia  

Page 52 The history ofSPC's involvement in fisheries development in  

the Pacific Part /: the 20 th century  

Page 61 short history of the Skipjack Survey and Assessment  

Programme (SSAP) [Part  

Editoria  

lam delighted to introduce the 150 th edition of the SPC Fisheries  

Newsletter, milestone marking 46 years since the first issue in 1970.  

Our fisheries programme was established in 1954, two years after  

hosting the first Fisheries Conference in Noumea in 1952 and  

six years after SPC itself was founded in 1947. Since then, the  

development of both SPC fisheries programmes and the Fisheries  

Newsletter has reflected the fundamental economic and cultural  

significance of this sector to Pacific Island people.  

Today, the Fisheries Newsletter is read throughout the region and  

internationally, and is considered primary source of scientific  

and technical information, advice and advocacy for sustainable  

fisheries sector in the Pacific Islands region.  

Two feature articles in this 150 th edition trace the evolution of  

SPC’s Coastal and Oceanic Fisheries Programmes, which are  

now the two main programmes of the Fisheries Aquaculture and  

Marine Ecosystems Division (FAME). Other articles highlight  

the continued importance of FAME’s role in designing scientific  

bio-economic models, analytical methodologies and assessment  

techniques to provide the best scientific projections and advice  

to assist Pacific Island countries and territories in sustaining the  

ocean’s health and harnessing its wealth sustainably.  

The 150 th SPC Fisheries Newsletter is dedicated to past and pres-  

ent SPC staff and to our colleagues and partners throughout the  

Pacific Island fisheries sector.  

Moses Amos  

Director, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems Division  

Prepared by the Pacific Community, Division of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems, Information Section  

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