Provided in the ReefBase Pacific Country Profiles are a collection of information and data relating to fisheries and livelihoods in the Pacific. The ReefBase Pacific team, with partners, will continue to update and improve the information presented within these country profiles.

Socio-economic and geographic country data provided here have a variety of sources. The source is indicated in the table of data and the detail of the reference is provided by clicking the reference links.

Three maps are provided within the ReefBase Pacific Country Profiles. The maps provided here are image files; however these maps can also be viewed through the online Geographic Information System 'ReefGIS'. This system was developed to display coral reef related data and information on interactive maps in a web browser. You can zoom in to a particular area of interest, switch various data layers on and off, and save or bookmark the map for later viewing, printing or use in presentations / documents.

• Reef Locations have been derived from the UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Map Library: Global Coral Reef Distribution. This dataset was compiled by digitizing coral reef locations from a large number of sources and maps. ReefGIS, where possible, overlays this global dataset with high resolution coral reef coverage from the Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project.
  
  
• The Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project (IMaRS, Univ. South Florida; P.I.: Dr. Serge Andréfouët), classifies and maps coral reef structures worldwide using Landsat data. This ongoing project is funded by NASA , and is an international partnership between numerous organizations and experts.
  
  
• Marine Protected Area (MPA) information originates from the Protected Areas Database compiled by UNEP-WCMC. The ReefBase Pacific project will continue to coordinate with other efforts to improve completeness and accuracy of information relating to MPAs in the Pacific. ReefGIS allows users to access and view summaries of each MPA and link to the full MPA data sets (see example below)
  
  
  
  
  
• Monitoring site data are contributed by multiple groups involved in reef resource monitoring and are presented here on the ‘Monitoring Site Map’. ReefGIS allows users to access and view summaries of each monitoring site and link to the implementing organizations, key contacts and publications relating to that data (see example below).
  
  
  

Provided here are a selection of photos which, where possible, illustrate reef fisheries, reef related livelihoods and reef biodiversity in each Pacific country. This website also contains a large collection of photos which can be searched and accessed through the ReefBase Pacific database.