Pacific Blue Foundation
  • WHO WE ARE
  • BEQA LAGOON
    • Beqa Lagoon Initiative Community Projects
  • VEITAU WAQA
    • The Fijian Boats
  • LAU SEASCAPE
    • Development Approach
  • NEWS
    • PacBlue News
    • Field Reports
    • Annual Reports
    • Events
  • RESOURCES
  • CONTACT
  • DONATE
  • WHO WE ARE
  • BEQA LAGOON
    • Beqa Lagoon Initiative Community Projects
  • VEITAU WAQA
    • The Fijian Boats
  • LAU SEASCAPE
    • Development Approach
  • NEWS
    • PacBlue News
    • Field Reports
    • Annual Reports
    • Events
  • RESOURCES
  • CONTACT
  • DONATE
March 24, 2012 In News & Press, Uncategorized

Illegal Fishing Worries Chief

“This year we have caught a lot of poachers in our fishing grounds and many of these grounds were marine protected areas,” Ratu Peni said.

He said many of these illegal fishermen were from areas between Pacific Harbour and Suva and some were caught with the help of Navua police.

“They use scuba gas which means there is probably nothing left on the sea floor now as they get right to the source of our sea resources,” Ratu Peni said.

He said there was a need to increase the penalty for illegal fishing to prevent such incidents from occurring again.

“This will also make people respect the vanua and leadership and our ownership of our properties,” Ratu Peni said.

The Pacific Blue Foundation’s Fiji island coordinator, Josefa Cinavilakeba, said workshops were conducted in MPAs in Serua to ensure villages understood their authority over their traditional fishing grounds.

Visit Fiji Times Online to view this article.

Previous StoryIslanders Learn for Their Future
Next StoryBaby Sea Turtles Hatch on Yanuca Island, Fiji

Related Articles

  • Position Opening - Project Manager
  • 1
    PBF is Top Innovator in World Economic Forum's Blue Foods Challenge

Latest Posts

  • Position Opening – Project Manager Wednesday, 19, Jan
  • 1
    PBF is Top Innovator in World Economic Forum’s Blue Foods Challenge Wednesday, 13, Oct
  • Women from Dakuibeqa village, Beqa Island cleaning the day's catch.
    She Sells Seashells at the Seashore Sunday, 8, Aug
  • Serua Is
    Conservation through Youth Groups during the Pandemic Tuesday, 15, Jun
  • Lau-4
    2019 Anual Report Thursday, 3, Jun

ABOUT US

Pacific Blue Foundation is a non-profit public benefit charitable trust. Pacific Blue Foundation provides basic research, education, encouragement and dissemination of sustainable practices in coastal regions with the ultimate goal of preserving and promoting the biological and cultural diversity of the region.

CONTACT US

PBF USA
Pacific Blue Foundation P.O.Box 2014
La Jolla, CA 92038
P: 858-829-7842

PBF Fiji
Office address:
36 Berry Road, Suva, Fiji Islands. Postal address:
P.O.B 13306, Suva.
Fiji Islands
P: 679-839-0473 E: Contact@pacificbluefoundation.org

Donate

Donation Form 2

$
Select Payment Method
Personal Info

Donation Total: $50

FIND US ELSEWHERE