Title
Effectiveness of Marine Protected Area Networks in traditional fishing grounds of Vanua Levu, Fiji, for Sustainable Management of Inshore Fisheries
Author(s)
Stacy D. Jupiter, Daniel P. Egli, Aaron P. Jenkins, Naushad Yakub, Fraser Hartley, Akuila Cakacaka, Thomas Tui, Wayne Moy, Waisea Naisilisili, Sirilo Dulunaqio, Ingrid Qauqau and Sunil Prasad
Published
2010
Abstract
Research for this study was carried out under a four-year project to assist communities in Kubulau district and Macuata Province of Vanua Levu to establish networks of marine protected areas within their large, traditional fishing grounds (qoliqoli). From 2005-2009, underwater visual census (UVC) surveys of fish size and abundance and benthic habitat condition were carried out at 5 MPAs in Kubulau (2 small, village-managed (tabu) areas: Yamotu Lase, Nakali; 3 large, district-managed no-take MPAs: Namena, Namuri, Nasue), while 3 large tabu areas were surveyed in Macuata qoliqoli in 2008 (Cakaulevu, Talai-i-Lau, Vatuka). Reef fish species richness was surveyed in Kubulau in 2009 and compared against values observed from the Great Sea Reef in Macuata in 2004.
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