by Emosi Lasaqa | Aug 15, 2012 | Sustainability
Fiji is working on a Tuna Management Plan to manage and conserve its tuna stock as some species are on the verge of being overfished. Consultation work on this plan has been making its rounds with stakeholders and consultations have looked at issues pertaining to the...
by Marica Vakacola | Aug 15, 2012 | Shark Conservation
Is shark fin soup tasty? We were bombarded with this question during a recent trip to Castaway Island Resort. The question floated around the grog bowl for a long time-some even queries on the practicality of ban in the shark fin trade. We understand where they are...
by Emosi Lasaqa | Aug 15, 2012 | Shark Conservation
Call for better monitoring of sharks The vulnerability of shark species and their depleting status in the region has become an area of priority analysis for Fiji and the Oceania Fisheries Programme( OFP).. Stock assessments of the status of silky shark and oceanic...
by Marica Vakacola | Aug 15, 2012 | Sustainability
FIJI hosted the 2nd United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCC) in Nadi on July 23. The forum saw over fifty countries converged and discuss issues pertaining to sustainable forest management. UNFF Forest...
by Emosi Lasaqa | Aug 15, 2012 | Coral Conservation
Restoring corals into its former glory in the Mamanuca Island Group waters for the past two years has been a real challenge. At Malolo Island Resort, planting coral is now an ongoing monthly project since it started in January this year. On Friday last week, the...
by Emosi Lasaqa | Aug 15, 2012 | Clam Conservation
Giant clams have been a sustainable resource for millennia, but unregulated harvesting has made them increasingly rare to find on our reefs. And because it has become an important module in the process of repopulating depleted coral reefs around the globe, Mamanuca...
by Emosi Lasaqa | Aug 15, 2012 | Clam Conservation
Research into the reproduction culture of giant clams has become an important module in the process of repopulating depleted coral reefs around the globe. In the Mamanuca Group of Islands, clam farming was started in 2005 as a project by the Mamanuca Environment...
by Emosi Lasaqa | Aug 15, 2012 | Sponsors and Partners
Air Pacific and the Mamanuca Environment Society (“MES”) have announced a new partnership aimed at funding the environmental organisation’s core activities. Air Pacific has already begun its F$20,000 annual contributions to assist the Society’s efforts to preserve the...
by Emosi Lasaqa | Aug 15, 2012 | Sustainability
The conservation and implementation of sound environmental policies safeguarding Fiji’s marine resources is vital to ensuring its sustainability for Fiji’s future generation. This has prompted the Fijian Government to partner with numerous institutions,...
by Emosi Lasaqa | Jun 29, 2012 | Turtle Conservation
Guidelines for turtle conservation in Fiji including our Pacific Island neighbours are about to get even more precise. This is due to the Mamanuca Environment Society’s passionate commitment to protecting the stunning marine and terrestrial environment of the...
