PIMRIS Regional Repositry
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View the PDF document Pacific Year of the Coral Reefs: Samoa Country Report
Author(s): Skelton, P., Mulipola, A.
Publisher: Fisheries Division. Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Meteorology
Place: Apia (Samoa)
Date: 1998
Notes: 1997 - International Coral Reefs Initiative
ASFA Keywords: Coral reefs
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document Palani ki hono pule'i 'o e kolo matatahi ko 'O'ua : Vahe Lulunga, Ha'apai
Author(s): Department of Fisheries, Tonga
Publisher: Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Forests and Fisheries
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 2005
Notes: Tonga Fisheries Project of the Department of Fisheries : an AusAID assisted project
ASFA Keywords: Fishery management, Fisheries, Resource conservation, Planning
Country Collection: Tonga

View the PDF document Palau Domestic Fishing Laws 2002
Publisher: Bureau of Marine Resources of the Republic of Palau in collaboration with Sectretriat of Pacific Community
Place: Koror (Republic of Palau)
Date: 2002
ASFA Keywords: Fisheries, Fishery regulations, Legislation
Country Collection: Palau

View the PDF document Palau Domestic Fishing laws 2007
Publisher: Secretariat of the Pacific Community in collaboration with Bureau of Marine Resources (BMR) of the Republic of Palau
Place: Koror (Republic of Palau)
Date: 2007
Notes: Produced by Information Section of Marine Resources Division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community in collaboration with Bureau of Marine Resources of the Republic of Palau
ASFA Keywords: Fisheries, Fishery regulations, Legislation
Country Collection: Palau

View the PDF document Palau: laws and subsidiary legislation
Publisher: FFA?
Date: 199?
Notes: This compendium reproduced
ASFA Keywords: Fisheries, Fishery regulations, Legislation
Country Collection: Palau

View the PDF document Palolo (eunice viridis) rising report
Author(s): Tiitii, U; Fepuleai, F.
Date: 2013
ASFA Keywords: Coastal fisheries, Landing statistics, Palolo, Surveys
Country Collection: Samoa
Abstract: Palolo (Eunice viridis) is a species of invertebrate in the Eunicidae family. They live in tropical coral reefs and found in various regions including Indonesia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa and American Samoa.

View the PDF document Pangaimotu survey report: Pangaimotu reef flat
Author(s): Nakaya, S.
Date: 2002
ASFA Keywords: Coral reefs, Coral
Country Collection: Tonga

View the PDF document Paper on boatcraft: future operations, ownership, management
Date: 1980
ASFA Keywords: Fishing vessels, Boats
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document Papua New Guinea Fisheries Regulations 2005
Author(s): Coastal Fisheries Management and Secretariat of the Pacific Community Fisheries Information Section
Publisher: Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Place: Noumea (New Caledonia)
Date: 2005
Notes: Produced for Papua New Guinea National Fisheries Authority
ASFA Keywords: Fishery regulations, Fishery protection, Fishery management
Country Collection: Papua New Guinea

View the PDF document Papua New Guinea's coastal fisheries development plan.pdf
Publisher: Fisheries Division, Department of Primary Industry
Place: Port Moresby
ASFA Keywords: Coastal fisheries, Development plan, Fishery development, Marine resources
Country Collection: Papua New Guinea
Abstract: Papua New Guinea has one of the longest coastal regions and richest fisheries zones of any country in the world. The offshore islands are amongst the most beautiful in the Pacific and the waters surrounding them have a rich and varied marine fauna.

View the PDF document The Phoenix Islands Protected Area implementation plan
Author(s): Uwate, K. R., Teroroko, T.
Publisher: Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development, Government of Kiribati
Place: Tarawa (Kiribati)
Date: 2008
Notes: Phoenix Islands Protected Area
ASFA Keywords: Marine Protected Area, Conservation, Ocean affairs, Marine resources
Country Collection: Kiribati

View the PDF document The Phoenix Islands Protected Area management plan, 2008 to 2018
Author(s): Uwate, K. R., Teroroko, T.
Publisher: Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development, Government of Kiribati
Place: Bikenibeu, Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati
Date: 2008
Notes: Phoenix Islands Protected Area
ASFA Keywords: Conservation, Marine resources, Fishery management, Fishery development
Country Collection: Kiribati

View the PDF document Phoneix Islands Protected Area - stakeholder opinions
Author(s): Uwate, K. R., Teroroko, T.
Publisher: Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development, Government of Kiribati
Place: Bikenibeu, Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati
Date: 2007
Notes: Phoenix Islands Protected Area stakeholder Opinions
ASFA Keywords: Conservation, Environmental protection, Marine resources
Country Collection: Kiribati

View the PDF document Pilot study of the biology of the sandfish in Tonga
Author(s): Bobko, S. J.
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 1993
Notes: Pilot plan was initiated through a joint Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources and Ministry of Fisheries project
ASFA Keywords: Echinoderm fisheries, Statistical analysis, Fishery development
Country Collection: Tonga
Abstract: Information gathered from this project to provide the necessary

View the PDF document Plan for surveillance and monitoring of the marine protected areas of Tonga
Author(s): Nakaya, S.
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 2002
ASFA Keywords: Marine parks, Fishery protection, Financial management
Abstract: To achieve conservation and wise use of coral reefs of Tonga, it is critical to manage MPAs effectively. Since their establishment, the MPAs in Tonga have not been appropriately managed. There has not been organized system for surveillance and monitoring, which is a core part of management of the MPAs.

View the PDF document Plan of marine food processing in Western Samoa
Author(s): Toshihara, T.
Publisher: Fisheries Division, Samoa
Place: Apia (Samoa)
Date: n.d.
ASFA Keywords: Food technology, Food fish
Country Collection: Samoa
Abstract: Fish sausage manufacturing in Japan is attracting world wide attention because of the rapid expansion of the industry, a growth rate that was never expected even by the enterpreneurs.

View the PDF document PNG national legislation (Interim Version 4): Fisheries Management Act (No. 48 of 1998)
Author(s): National Parliament, Papua New Guinea
Place: Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)
Date: 2004
Notes: Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Fisheries Management Act 1998
ASFA Keywords: Fishery regulations, Fishery management, Fishery protection
Country Collection: PNG

View the PDF document Post-harvest losses of fish in Western Samoa
Author(s): Philip, A. L, Hollyer, J. R
Date: 1983
ASFA Keywords: Fish Storage, Fish spoilage
Country Collection: Western Samoa
Abstract: Of all available protein sources fish is more of the most susceptable to rapid bacterial breakdown, especially in a climate with high humidity and temperature like western Samoa

View the PDF document Prawn Development Project: Request for foreign aid
Author(s): Department of Economic Development
Publisher: Department of Economic Development
Date: 1976
ASFA Keywords: Prawn culture, Financing
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) Project
Place: Apia (Samoa)
ASFA Keywords: Prawn culture
Country Collection: Samoa
Abstract: A commercial prawn farm was initiated in Western Samoa in 1980 under the direction of FAO expert Dan Popper, with the support of the Samoan Government and FAO/UNDP. The project is at Solaua and consists of three earthern ponds in operation, with production of 850 kg per year from 182,000 post-larvae in 1982.

View the PDF document A preliminary assessment on the spawning season of some selected fishes of Tarawa reef and lagoon
Author(s): Taenang, T., Miika, F.
Place: Tarawa
Date: 1996
ASFA Keywords: Catch statistics, Fishery data, Lagoon fisheries, spawning seasons
Country Collection: Kiribati
Abstract: This report is based on our preliminary analysis of the data on the catch of some fishermen that were sponsored by the Atoll Research Programme. Our interest is on the spawning season of reef and lagoon fish species.

View the PDF document Preliminary bottomfish assessment for waters surrounding Savai'i, Western Samoa and the 17-Fathom Bank: Final report
Author(s): Crook, M.
Place: Pago Pago (American Samoa)
Date: 1988
Notes: Report prepared for the Fisheries Division, Department of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries
ASFA Keywords: Stock assessment, Commercial fishing, Catch statistics
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document A preliminary examination of populations of the Kai-koso, Anadara cornea (Reeve) near Suva, Fiji
Author(s): Butler, A. J.
Publisher: Department of Zoology, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Place: Suva (Fiji)
Date: 1983
Notes: A report by University of Adelaide to Institute of Marine Resources, Suva
Country Collection: Fiji

View the PDF document A preliminary seed production of green snail (Turbo marmoratus) in Tonga (In Fisheries Research Bulletin of Tonga, Volume 5, 1996)
Author(s): Manu, N., Fa'anunu, 'U., Niumeitolu, S.
Publisher: Ministry of Fisheries, Tonga
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 1996
Notes: pp. 1-12
ASFA Keywords: Gastropod fisheries, Fishery development, Breeding, Rearing
Country Collection: Tonga
Abstract: Green snail, Turbo marmoratus, is a very important marine resource in the South Pacific Island countries. Although there are suitable habitats in Tonga, this species does not occur naturally.

View the PDF document Preliminary spawing and larval culture trials for groupers from Guam and Palau
Author(s): FitzGerald, W. J; Bauerlein, M; Tamaru, C.
Publisher: Department of Commerce, Government of Guam
Date: 1993
ASFA Keywords: Aquaculture enterprises, Fish culture, Larval development, Spawning grounds
Country Collection: Guam
Abstract: Four species of groupers (Plectropomus areolatus, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, E microdon, and Cephalopholis miniata) were utilized for the investigation into the spawing and larval culture.

View the PDF document Preliminary survey of the damages by Cyclone Val to the Namu'a ocean nursery
Author(s): Samoa Fisheries Division
Place: Apia (Samoa)
Date: 1992
Notes: Survey undertaken on 5/2/92
ASFA Keywords: Clam culture, Cyclones, Damage
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document A preliminary survey of the proposed Vava'u Southern Islands (Maninita, Taula, Lualolu) protected area
Publisher: Tourism Resource Consultants, Wellington
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 2001
Notes: A report submitted unaltered by Toursim Resource Consultants and managers for Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade (NZ Government) to Govenment of Tonga for consideration
ASFA Keywords: Protected areas, Biodiversity, Recreation
Abstract: Maninita and its neighbouring islands of Taula and Lauloli provide a real opportunity to establish a 'protected area' with high to very high biodiversity conservation value.

View the PDF document The present situation of fisheries in the Tongatapu Island group (In Fisheries Research Bulletin of Tonga, Volume 2, 1994)
Author(s): Tu'avao, T., Kava, V., Udagawa, K.
Publisher: Ministry of Fisheries, Tonga
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 1994
Notes: pp. 27-42
ASFA Keywords: Fishery statistics, Fishing industry, Fisheries development
Country Collection: Tonga
Abstract: There are three types of fisheries in the Tongatapu island group, namely export oriented fisheries, small scale commerical fisheries and subsistence fisheries. Export oriented fisheries consist of the tuna long line fishery and deep sea bottom line fishery. The small scale commercial fishery consists of the diving fishery, net fishery, fish fence fishery, hand line fishery, trolling fishery and shellfish collecting.

View the PDF document Present status of fisheries in Western Samoa
Author(s): Vaofusi, S.
Place: Apia (Samoa)
Date: 1992
Notes: Regional Training Course in Coastal Fisheries Development in the South Pacific Region. 15 Nov. - 10 Dec. 1992.
ASFA Keywords: Coastal fisheries
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document Present status of giant clam culture in Tonga (In Fisheries Research Bulletin of Tonga, Volume 5, 1996)
Author(s): Loto'ahea, T., Sone, S.
Publisher: Ministry of Fisheries, Tonga
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 1996
Notes: pp. 59-68
ASFA Keywords: Clam culture, Clam fisheries, Stock assessment, Fishery management
Country Collection: Tonga
Abstract: In recent years, giant clam culture methods have been improved in Tonga as well as in many other countries. The appropriate number of giant clam productinos in the hatchery were sought with the aim of enhancing the giant clam resources in the wild.

View the PDF document The present status of introduced trochus and green snail in the Tongatapu Island group (In Fisheries Research Bulletin of Tonga, Volume 4, 1995)
Author(s): Kikutani, K., Fa'anunu, 'U., Manu, N.
Publisher: Ministry of Fisheries, Tonga
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 1995
Notes: pp. 31-36
ASFA Keywords: Marine molluscs, Mollusc fisheries, Fishery development, Surveys
Country Collection: Tonga
Abstract: Trochus, Trochus niloticus, and green snail, Turbo marmoratus, contribute to the foreign income of the South Pacific Islands countries, however, although there are suitable habitats for them, neither species occurs naturally in Tonga.

View the PDF document Pre-study on national and international prawn marketing situation of Fiji and Prawns (Fiji) Limited in these markets
Author(s): Delaune, J-M., Condon, S.
Date: [nd]
Notes: 1987 Fiji Aquaculture Symposium
ASFA Keywords: Shrimp fisheries, Marketing, Market research
Country Collection: Fiji
Abstract: It is believed that the technically sophisticated Australian trollers will have a dramatic effect on the natural sea resources; the same scenario will not be observed only in Australia, but also in prawns producing countries such as: South East Asia, India, China, South/Central America, Africa etc.

View the PDF document Procedures and guidelines for the survey of small craft to comply with the Samoan shipping (small vessel) regulations, 1998
Publisher: Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries and Meteorology
Place: Apia
Date: 1998
ASFA Keywords: Fishing vessels, Legislation, Procedures, Shipping
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document A profile of Kiribati fisheries activties 1991
Author(s): Ukenio, T, Teema, T
Place: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1991
Notes: Fisheries Report at JICA workshop
ASFA Keywords: Fishery resources, Fishery development
Country Collection: Kiribati

View the PDF document Profile of village fisheries in Samoa
Author(s): Passfield, K., Mulipola, A., King, M.
Publisher: Fisheries Division. Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries & Meteorology
Place: Apia (Samoa)
Date: 2001
ASFA Keywords: Artisanal fishing, Fisheries
Country Collection: Samoa
Abstract: A nationwide household fisheries survey was undertaken in October and Novembe, 2000, to collect subsistence fisheries data and to complete a profile on Samoan village fisheries. The survey covered 1092 households in 66 villages, 40 in Upolu and 26 in Savaii, i.e. a 20% coverage of villages and a 5% coverage of Samoa's households...

View the PDF document Programme of basic coastal waters fisheries: Surveys 1973 to 1975
Author(s): Travis, W.
Publisher: Fisheries Division
Place: Apia (Samoa)
Date: 1973
ASFA Keywords: Coastal fisheries
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document Programmes and proposals for coral reef management
Place: Apia (Samoa)
ASFA Keywords: Coral reefs, Resource management
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document Progress report on the green mussel culture project in Western Samoa, April 1983
Author(s): Bell, L., Albert, J.
Publisher: Fisheries Division
Place: Apia (Samoa)
Date: 1983
ASFA Keywords: Mussel culture, Progress reports
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document A proposal by the Fisheries Division to raise the buying prices at its terminals at Lami, Lautoka and Labasa, and to introduce a grading system for fish
Author(s): Fisheries Division
Publisher: Fiji Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Date: [nd]
ASFA Keywords: Fishery economics, Pricing, Marketing, Fish grading
Country Collection: Fiji

View the PDF document Proposal to establish a tilapia (freshwater fish) demonstration fish farm in Western Samoa
Publisher: Fisheries Division
Place: Apia (Samoa)
ASFA Keywords: Tilapia, Fish culture, Financing
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document Protected invertebrates of Fiji
Author(s): Department of Fisheries
Publisher: Ministry of Fisheries and Forests
Place: Suva (Fiji)
ASFA Keywords: Species extinction, fishery developments, Protected resources
Country Collection: Fiji

View the PDF document Purchases of fish and invertebrates by wholesalers, retailers and hotels in Western Samoa
Author(s): Brotman, M.
Place: Apia (Samoa)
Date: 1989
ASFA Keywords: Fish, Invertebrates, Trade, Production management
Country Collection: Samoa

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