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Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2002 REVIEWERS Michel Kulbiki IRD, Noumea; Posa Skelton IOI-Australia; Robin South IOI-Australia; Charles (Chuck) Birkeland, Hawai’i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The country coordinators and authors wish to express appreciation and gratitude to other IMR staff, and particularly to the Canada South Pacific Ocean Development Programme–Phase II (CSPODP-II) and the people of Canada for their financial support of coral reef monitoring in the Southwest Pacific GCRMN node. The following supplied their data freely: Greenforce Conservation Expedition (Fiji); Coral Cay Conservation Ltd; Cousteau Resort - Savusavu, Fiji; Tegan Churcher-Hoffmann; Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific International; and Worldwide Fund for Nature (South Pacific Programme) SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION The national unpublished status reports for 2002 are available from the Institute of Marine Resources, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, and will be included on www.ReefBase.org. The reports are as follows: Cumming R (2002). Status of Fiji coral reefs in 2002; Jacob P (2000). The status of marine resources and coral reefs of Nauru – 2000; Mulipola A, Lober M (2002). Status of Samoa coral reefs in 2002; Pakoa K (2002). Status of Vanuatu coral reefs in 2002; Sauni S, Poulasi T (2002). Status of marine resources in Tuvalu in 2002– a review; Sulu R (2002). Status of coral reefs in Solomon Islands 2002; and Wantiez L (2001). Observatoire des recifs corralliens de la Province Sud (ORC), Rapport 2001. AUTHORS AND CONTACTS The IMR Southwest Pacific Node coordinators are Cameron Hay (Hay_C@usp.ac.fj), Reuben Sulu (sulu_r@usp.ac.fj) and Lynette Kumar (Kumar_l@usp.ac.fj). For the countries: Cameron Hay and Ed Lovell (lovell@is.com.fj) coordinate Fiji; Peter Jacob (Peterjacob@mbox.com.au) coordinates Nauru; Laurent Wantiez (wantiez@univ-nc.nc) is the coordinator for New Caledonia; Antonio Mulipola (Fisheries@samoa.ws) coordinates Samoa; Peter Ramohia (sbfish@ffa.int or solfish@solomon.com.sb or sigrcgmn@solomon.com.sb) should be contacted for the Solomon Islands; Tupulaga Poulasi (tpoulasi@yahoo.com) is the principal contact for Tuvalu; and Kalo Pakoa (kmpakoa@hotmail.com or fishery@vanuatu.com.vu) coordinates Vanuatu. 198
Status of Coral Reefs in the Southwest Pacific ICRAN SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF AQUARIUM HARVESTING OPERATIONS, FIJI – ICRAN DEMONSTRATION SITE The aquarium fish trade has a reputation for unethical methods of harvesting, particularly the use of cyanide and other chemicals to stun fish, which results in considerable death of corals and fish. Although these practices are largely confined to Southeast Asia, Pacific Island countries are becoming aware of the potential environmental problems associated with the aquarium fish trade. Fiji is the major exporter of aquarium products in the Pacific. More than 500 villagelevel collectors are involved in the trade and it is the only source of income in some villages. There is little management of the harvest operations; all species of coral can be collected with no limit on size and numbers; and extraction methods are not regulated. Fiji is now seeking a balance between reef health, aquarium animal collection and community benefits. SPREP (South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme) has been working with the Government of Fiji to ensure the ecological sustainability of coral trade industry in Fiji. The expected outcome of this initiative, which began in 2001, is for coastal communities to get a fair share of the benefits of a flourishing industry without damaging their ecosystems. Moreover, the Fijian case study will provide a demonstration project for other Pacific Island Countries already in the trade, such as Vanuatu, Tonga and Solomon Islands. Ecological Monitoring: University of the South Pacific and local NGOs aim to implement long-term monitoring programs in collection areas to improve knowledge on impacts of coral and fish removal from reefs. Socio-economic Monitoring: Local NGOs will assist with the socio-economic aspects of this project, which aims to: • study the aquarium trade industry in Fiji, the companies involved, type of trade they are involved in, type of contracts between companies and collectors, types of products from each area, volume exported, wasted, method of coral extraction etc. • analyse the economics of the industry to ensure that there is equity between the percentage of revenue paid to resource owners and the government, compared to financial returns to the traders. Coral reefs are 100% of the natural resources Ecological Monitoring is planned. Socio-economic Monitoring is effective. 199
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FOREWORD Our two governments have r
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INTRODUCTION We are pleased to endo
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Executive Summary GLOBAL AND REGION
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Executive Summary CORAL REEF TARGET
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Executive Summary COLLAPSE OF CORAL
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