The case is based on Bai Kei Votua Project conducted by William (Bill) Aalbersberg. (See a video.) (also see Power Point presentation “Creating Marine Protected Area: Cases from Fiji”, Keio University Uno Lab., 2005)
1.Creating a Marine Protected Area: Votua near Sigatoka Coral Coast, Viti Levu, Fiji
2010-05-08
MPA Course Outline
2010-01-24
- This slide introduces two cases of university involvement in local communities in Fiji in installing Integrated Coastal Management and Marine Protected Area.
- Prof. Bill Aalbersberg advocates participatory approach, and research based approach. “Teach them to monitor”, he says; that is, empowerment.
- His publication includes Measures of Success, Conceptual Model.
Sources: Case 1. Bai Kai Votua Case 2. Ono Island Marine Project
Case 2. Ono Island
Ono Island lies near Kandavu Island, approximately 35 n.m. south of Suva. It is within the Great Astrolabe Reef and near Dravuni Island where USP’s MarineStudies Programme operates a field research station.
Schematic presentation of community-based fisheries resourcesmanagement
- Initial contact and village meeting
- Village group meeting
- Fisheries Management Advisory Committee
- Village Fisheries Management Plan (fishing community + government)
- Fisheries Management Committee, monitoring and implementation by the fishing communities
- Fisheries resources in the coastal area have been depleted due to over-exploitation, destructive fishing, environmental pollution, etc.
- A success of the fisheries management plan implemented by the community depends on fisheries extension process, community ownership, and government agency’s support.
- University’s role seems to be indispensable.
- The fisheries management in the village community would be a revival of traditional fisheries resource management that we have been missing in the modern society.
Source: Masanami Izumi, “Traditional Social System and Coastal Fisheries Resource Management in Village Communities in Samoa, South Pacific”
Management tools
- Size
- Season
- Area
- Gear, Method
- Quota
- License
Part 2. Customary Fisheries Bill of Fiji
Part 2 is adopted from Angela Fa’anunu of University of Hawaii, “Customary Fisheries Bill of Fiji” submitted to the FASID-UNU-Keio joint lecture series “Advanced Seminar in International Environmental Studies: An International Multi-Institution Pilot of the Asia Pacific Initiative, 2005.