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Fisheries
Fix this textNewsletter
Fix this textNumber 101 (April-June 2002)
Fix this textISSN 0248-076 X
Fix this textSECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY
Fix this textPrepared by the Information Section of the Marine Resources Division and printed with financial assistance from France.
Fix this textEditorial
Fix this textWelcome to the latest Fisheries Newsletter. One feature of this
Fix this textissue is an article by the Aquaculture Advisor, Ben Ponia, on his trip
Fix this textto Papua New Guinea. On page 18, Ben gives us an insight into
Fix this textaquaculture in that country. While commercial aquaculture is in its
Fix this textinfancy, a few farms are supplying fish to the local market. The
Fix this textfavoured species are carp, tilapia and rainbow trout. Pearl culture
Fix this textseems to be a promising option and a pearl farm has been oper-
Fix this textating in Milne Bay Province since 1998, raising three species of
Fix this textpearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera, P. maxima and P. fucata.
Fix this textTwo years ago, off the coast of New South Wales in Australian trawler
Fix this textwas hit and sunk by a 181-m cargo vessel. This collision revealed the
Fix this textrisks that fishing boats face from large vessels and the limits of radar.
Fix this textThe Australian Transport Safety Bureau has recently issued a leaflet on
Fix this textthis problem, from which, with their kind permission, we have extract-
Fix this texted some information that fishers may find useful.
Fix this textEnjoy this issue and, as usual, please send us your comments on it.
Fix this textJean-Paul Gaudechoux
Fix this textFisheries Information Adviser (jeanpaulg@spc.int)
Fix this textOn-board processing of export tuna during the
Fix this textpractical module of the SPC National Fisheries
Fix this textOfficers Training Course
Fix this text[Photo: Steve Beverly]
Fix this textin This Issue
Fix this textSPC activities Page 2
Fix this textNews from in and around
Fix this textthe region Page 13
Fix this textAquaculture in Papua New Guinea
Fix this textby Ben Ponia and Augustine Mobiha
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Fix this textGeographic Information Systems
Fix this textand Remote Sensing Workshop
Fix this textin Cook Islands
Fix this textby Wolf Forstreuter Page 26
Fix this textGrading of tunas for the sashimi
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Fix this textby Michel Blanc Page 29
Fix this textKoumac hosts the 2002 Practical
Fix this textFishing Course
Fix this textby Michel Blanc Page 33
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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