We are now running an in-house lecture series designed to up-skill our staff in many aspects of their work. The series will run throughout the year and will be delivered by our own advisers (Fisheries Adviser FA, and Inshore Fisheries Adviser IFA), the Government’s Human Resources Department (HRD), guest lecturers visiting the country and others […]
The NAPA2 project is on the move. Senior Fisheries Officers for the Coastal Fisheries and Operation and Development Sections left Funafuti for the outer islands last night, 10/08/2015, for consultations with all Island Kaupules. They will spend 2 days on each island, so they’ll be back probably in two weeks time. JIAYOU!!! The second National […]
All of the Tuvaluan population is coastal and highly reliant on inshore fisheries for their subsistence and local economic needs. Coastal fisheries are grossly undervalued in national accounting and development planning. Decades of poor or neglected management means that many coastal fisheries are fully exploited. Boom and bust exploitation has nearly collapsed the reproductive stocks […]