Sphere Search Tips
This interactive diagram of Spheres illustrates the interrelationships between sectors
that have often been considered in isolation. The Sphere Search allows the user
to locate information that falls within a certain sphere or information that relates
to more than one of these spheres. The "People & Reefs in the Pacific" section provides a deeper exploration of the issues considered in each
sphere and the interactions between spheres.
Here are some basic search tips and examples to guide your interactive search. Note
- the sphere search can be used in combination with the simple search or the advanced
search.
Selecting a sphere will restrict your search results to information that falls within
that sphere. Only Publications and Projects are searchable using the Sphere Search.
Reef health and status, biology, natural resource surveys, climate and oceanographic
features
Socio economic status, income generation activities
Legislations, role of government, community involvement/ co-management
Pollution, aquaculture, introduced species, climate change.
Sphere Interactions
Selecting two or more spheres will restrict your search results to that information
that falls within all spheres selected.
e.g. climate change impacts on reefs, restocking/reseeding/population enhancement,
habitat rehabilitation
e.g. fisheries income generation, tourism, livelihood benefits from marine protected
areas
e.g. natural resource management
e.g. fisheries management
Keyword Search Tips
Simple search will search for the text you have specified within all fields of the
collection. Advanced search will seach for the text in the field the text is entered.
Selecting a tab below will refine your search to a particular collection.
Search with keywords such as "and", "or", "not" to fine-tune your search results.
1. coral and reefs
Search for records which contain words coral and reefs
2. coral reefs
Search for records which contain words coral and reefs. Same as the "and" function.
3. coral or reefs
Search for records which contain words coral or reefs.
4. "reefs"
Search for records which contain exact phrase "coral reefs".
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King, M., K. Passfield and E. Ropeti,
2001
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Management of village fisheries: Samoa community- based management strategy
Samoa. Fisheries Division- Min. Apia, Samoa. 50pp.
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King, M., K. Passfield and E. Ropeti
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2001
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Management of village fisheries: Samoa community- based management strategy
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Samoa. Fisheries Division- Min. Apia, Samoa. 50pp.
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community based, fisheries, management programme, coastal, Village Fishery Management Committee, VFMaC, AusAID,Natural System,People & Livelihoods,Community Based Fisheries Mana
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Recognising the difficulties involved in trying to manage remote fisheries from a central location, Samoa has adopted a community based approach to subsistence fishery management. A prime consideration was community ownership of this management. This plan provides the basic principles and guidelines that have resulted in what has become recognised throughout the region, and in other parts of the world, as a successful community-based fishery management programme. Thirty percent of Samoa approximately 230 coastal villages now have village fishery management plans.
The goal is for each village to effectively manage their own fisheries resources. The strategy to achieve this goal is for the Fisheries Division to encourage and assist each coastal village to develop its own Village Fisheries Management Plan. The process is to encourage a village community to analyse its fishing practices and problems, and suggest solutions. Community undertakings and actions to solve these problems may include introducing fisheries regulations and pursuing other conservation measures. These undertakings and actions are listed in the community-owned Village Fisheries Management Plan. The strategy is to address questions such as how to encourage a village to manage its fishery sustainably and how community ownership of the plan can be assured. As fishery management is likely, in the short term, to reduce the amount of seafood available to the village, the strategy should also include support for the village, such as assistance with developing alternative sources of seafood.
The Fisheries Extension service is the catalyst to facilitate village level management. The extension process consists of meetings with village leaders (fono) followed by meetings with other groups, including women and the untitled men (aumaga), which may otherwise be overlooked in the process. It is believed that the participation of women is particularly important, as they are more likely to have a long-term(inter-generational) perspective of the benefits of conservation. A problem/solution tree is used to assist these groups to identify their problems, and suggest solutions. A fisheries advisory committee (FAC) is set up from members of these groups, and this FAC produces a Village Fishery Management Plan based on the problem tree and group discussions. A Village Fishery Management Committee (VFMaC) is then established, consisting of members of each of the groups (stakeholders). The VFMaC is responsible for overseeing the management plan that is produced.
In community-based fisheries management, communities enforce their own fisheries regulations. A number of regulations that may be suitable for village level management are discussed. These include banning destructive fishing practices, regulating or banning certain types of highly efficient fishing gear, closed areas and seasons, size limits, rejection of females of certain species and protection of the marine environment. Some regulations may need to be legislated as village by-laws in order to control the actions of people from other villages who may break local village regulations. In order to gauge the success or otherwise of the management plan, a review is required approximately every six months. An example of an appropriate review format is given. For village management of fisheries to be successful, all stakeholders must play their part, and the roles of various stakeholders are outlined.
A Western Samoa Fisheries Extension and Training Project- an AusAID assisted project of the Fisheries Division-Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries and Meteorology
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