Save our ocean and beat plastic pollution!

June 11, 2018 Matelina Stuart Admin, Coastal Coastal, FCA, Fisheries management, Funafuti, Kaupule, NAPA II, Research vessel

The Tuvalu Fisheries Department (TFD) took awareness on a healthy ocean and the issue of plastic pollution to the islets of Funafuti last week on a field trip as part of the Environment Week celebrations. This year, international Environment Week was themed as “25 years of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) safe-guarding Life on […]

Connecting People to Nature: Why Protect our Marine Resources?

June 15, 2017 Matelina Stuart Admin, Coastal Enviroment, FCA, MPA, PROP

A tour to Fualopa, an islet within Funafuti’s conservation area was part of the Fisheries’ department’s role played in World Environment Day 2017. The visit was organised as an awareness activity to link to the World Environment Day theme on “Connecting People to Nature”. The Funafuti Conservation Area (FCA), a marine protected area, extends from […]