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SPC Fisheries Newsletter #89 — April/June ‘99 SPC ACTIVITIES on F/V Tekokona II ISSN 0248-076X FISHERIES Newsletter NUMBER 89 IN THIS ISSUE APRIL – JUNE 1999 SPC ACTIVITIES Page 2 NEWS FROM IN AND AROUND THE REGION Page 19 VOICES FROM THE VILLAGE: A COMPARATIVE Page 26 STUDY OF COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS by Bob Gillett A net repair workshop was organised in Futuna by the Community Fisheries Section in May. Secretariat of the Pacific Community Prepared by the Information Section of the Marine Resources Division Printed with the financial support of the Government of France SPC ACTIVITIES CAPTURE SECTION Masterfisherman Peter Watt The Samoa project was put on from the deck; and better utili- continued his project in Samoa, hold in early May, when Peter sation of bycatch once it was working with the Fisheries resigned from SPC to take up a caught and dead. Department on board their ves- position in Samoa as part of sel F/V Tautai Matapalapala. another project. Peter and his Masterfisherman Steve Beverly Initial work with this project work with the Capture Section spent one month during April saw the hydraulic system for of SPC as a Masterfisherman will and May in Kiribati working the mainline reel needing to be be greatly missed, and we wish with the Fisheries Division and rebuilt as well as other changes him well with his new position. Betiraoi Boatbuilding to progress made to the vessel to allow for a work on the 12 m wood outrig- smooth fishing operation. The Fisheries Development ger canoe, F/V Tekokona II Adviser, Lindsay Chapman, (Fisheries Newsletter nos 86, 87, During April, Peter undertook attended a gear and technology and 88). Sea trials and fishing two fishing trips where he used working group meeting of the trials were to have commenced time-depth-temperature record- Inter-American Tropical Tuna during the Steve’s visit. ing equipment to monitor the Commission (IATTC) in April. fishing gear. Catches were poor Unfortunately, little progress and the recording equipment The working group explored had been made on the vessel in revealed that the gear was not ways to reduce bycatch, mainly the interim since the last visit by fishing as deep as one would associated with purse-seine log- Steve, and work could not be expect. sets (drifting fish aggregating completed while he was in devices—FADs), such as using Kiribati as some parts and In fact, the sensors in the centre hydroacoustic equipment to try equipment were not available. of the catenery curve between and identify the species compo- floatlines were registering shal- sition and size of fish in a school Steve did, however, assist lower depths to the sensors clos- that was to be set on; gear mod- Betiraoi Boatbuilding in installing er to the floatlines. Interesting ifications to release unwanted the Fiji-made (Seamech) alu- what currents can do to the gear bycatch species once they were minium longline reel (Figure 1), without fishermen knowing! in the net; deck modifications to hydraulic tank, and keel cooler; release unwanted bycatch alive and the echo-sounder transducer Figure 1: Seamech tuna longline reel mounted on F/V Tekokona II 2 SPC Fisheries Newsletter #89 — April/June ‘99 SPC ACTIVITIES on F/V Tekokona II. Plans to In May, Lindsay headed to complete the installation of Tokelau as part of an SPC mis- other necessary pieces of equip- sion, which included the ment had to be put on hold. Director-General, Bob Dun. The mission visited all three atolls A good lesson was learned by all (Fakaofo, Atafu and Nukunonu) in making sure that overseas to assess likely projects SPC can orders are done correctly, espe- assist with. cially in a remote place like Kiribati. Whether goods are In the fisheries area, Lindsay shipped by surface or airfreight, looked at the tuna longlining there are often delays with sup- operations being established pliers, agents, freight forwarders, using 12 m alia-type catamarans customs departments, and ship- (Figure 2) from Samoa. The ves- ping companies and airlines. sels set around 300 hooks per set using a hand-crank reel, and Some of the materials ordered have small insulated ice holds from Fiji for the hydraulic sys- for storing the catch which under construction. The project tem on F/V Tekokona II were should predominantly be alba- should be fully operational bumped off the flight going core tuna (Thunnus alalunga). around the end of 1999, and SPC from Nadi to Tarawa as other technical assistance may be pro- airfreight had priority. The second stage of this project vided early in the year 2000 in is to set up shore freezer facili- the areas of tuna longlining and This type of delay in a project ties on each of the atolls so that onboard handling of the catch. can be very frustrating as Steve, the catch can be frozen and the Fisheries Division, and stored for shipment to the can- Other areas of assistance identi- Betiraoi Boatbuilding found neries in American Samoa. fied during Lindsay’s meetings out. At the end of one month in with the Council of Elders on Kiribati, Steve was recalled to Three vessels are currently in each atoll and the Fisheries SPC headquarters as he had operation, one at each atoll, Department staff included: other duties to complete. with another three vessels assessment work on inshore Figure 2: 12 m alia-type catamaran longliner used in Tokelau 3 SPC Fisheries Newsletter #89 — April/June ‘99 SPC ACTIVITIES resources; base-line studies on module was held in Noumea, of Passe de Dumbea, which is near the roles of men and women in New Caledonia. Part of the fish- Noumea. During the second community fisheries; several ing module took place on board week of fishing F/V Dar Mad areas of training at both the Marine Marchande’s training ves- went north to Baie de Saint national and regional level; FAD sel, F/V Dar Mad, and involved Vincent and Ile Puen. At night the technical assistance and the pro- five or six students at a time boat was left at anchor near Ile vision of information on new along with the vessel’s captain Puen while the students stayed FAD designs; post-harvest activ- and crew, Lucky and Velio. ashore in weekend cabins. ities using tuna and other species associated with tuna longlining; Steve assisted with fishing tech- Starting early each morning, maritime issues; and informa- niques and strategies. As there F/V Dar Mad left for Passe de tion pamphlets and general was no FAD available in New Saint Vincent. On the first day information. Caledonian waters at the time, out the crew of F/V Dar Mad no FAD fishing techniques were and the students deployed an During the months of June and carried out (vertical longlining, Indian Ocean style FAD that July, Steve assisted SPC’s Train- mid-water handlining, and they had rigged the previous ing Section with tutoring stu- trolling near FADs). week. The FAD was observed dents in the 1999 Nelson Practi- later in the week resting nicely cal Fishing Module (16 June to 2 Bottom longline fishing, drop- in 1,500 m of water about 8 km July 1999). [Ed: see also p. 9] line fishing, pelagic longline fish- west of the pass. It should be a ing for tuna and for swordfish, good fishing spot ready for next Every year participants in the and trolling techniques were year’s group of Nelson stu- SPC-Nelson Polytechnic Pacific demonstrated and carried out dents. The remainder of the Islands Fisheries Officers Course with student participation (Fig- time was spent fishing near spend the last five weeks of ures 3 & 4). During all of the Passe de Saint Vincent. their studies in the Pacific fishing trials a total of 24 fish Islands learning fishing tech- weighing about 100 kg were In late May, Lindsay travelled to niques. This part of the course is landed. Canberra for meetings with called the Practical Fishing AusAID regarding funding for Module. During 1999, as in the During the first week of fishing, the Coastal Fisheries Programme previous two years, the fishing F/V Dar Mad fished just outside for a three-year period, 2000 to Figure 3: Hauling bottom longlining gear from F/V Dar Mad 4 SPC Fisheries Newsletter #89 — April/June ‘99 SPC ACTIVITIES 2002. Although the weather was cold, the meetings were warm and positive. The draft funding proposal was well received with constructive feedback from AusAID. The final decision on funding will not be made though until official consultations are held in late 1999. Also in late May, the recruitment process for a new Masterfisherman to replace Peter was begun. In Noumea, Project Assistant Marie-Ange Roberts finalised the layout of several reports ready to go to printing. In addi- tion, the long-awaited ‘Deep- bottom fishing techniques for the Pacific Islands—a manual for fishermen’ has now been printed and distributed. Figure 4: Coiling a branchline during the haul of the tuna longline COMMUNITY FISHERIES SECTION From April to June 1999, the Section’s activities focussed on the areas of information and training. Information Women in Fisheries The Bulletin is now available on booklet aims to improve the Information Bulletin the world wide web. It can be nutritional value of local diets found under Newsletters at by promoting greater consump- Issue #4 of the Bulletin was pro- http://www.spc.org.nc/coast- tion of seafood. Produced in col- duced and distributed in English fish/. laboration with the SPC Nutri- in March 1999 and in French in tion Programme, the booklet May 1999. Articles in Issue #4 Training manuals provides both fisheries and cover the work of the Section in nutritional information on a Palau, Tuvalu, Niue and else- The French version of the man- variety of marine resources, and where, news from around the ual, “Practical Methods for features recipes from around region (Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Preserving Seafoods” was com- the region.
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