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Page 26management, disease control, environmental management and impact mitigation from largescaleoperations, and on ensuring community benefits. It is not proposed at this point toregulate spat collection or small-scale pearl farming by local individuals or communities,since both activities will take several years to develop. It would also be premature at thepresent time to establish regulations relating to pearl marketing and quality control, butcontrols on all these aspects may be necessary in the future, depending on developments overthe next few years. If commercial pearl farming commences in Solomon Islands as hoped,then the regulations should be reviewed after an appropriate period (no more than 5 years)and amended as necessary. Such a review should take place with the full participation of anypearl farmers who may be operating in the country by that time.The Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources is currently preparing anoverall policy framework to guide the development and management of the fisheries sector,and is also reviewing the current fishery legislation with a view to updating and improving it.The draft Pearl Farming Policy Statement, Regulation and Licence documents have beenprepared in such a way that they can be adopted immediately, or integrated with only limitedamendment into the broader policy and legislative instruments currently being prepared.9. BIBLIOGRAPHYAnon. (2008). La Perle en Grande Difficulté. Newspaper article, 21 May 2008. LesNouvelles de Tahiti.Berthe, F. C. J. and J. Prou (2007) The Review The French Polynesian experience. Pp. 103-109 in: Bondad-Reantaso, M. G., S. E. McGladdery and F. C. J. Berthe (2007). Pearloyster health management: A manual. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 503.Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 120p.Cartwright, I. and A. Baiteke (1997). Pearl Oyster Resource Development in the PacificIslands. ACIAR Project Review. Australian Centre for International AgriculturalResearch, Canberra, Australia.Ciffolilli, A. (2003). Draft Report on the Review of Legislative Arrangements in theAquaculture Industry in Western Australia. Western Australian Ministry forAgriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Perth, Australia.Coalition for National Unity and Rural Advancement (2008). Translation andImplementation Framework. Solomon Islands Government, Honiara, SolomonIslands.Cook Islands Government (2005). Manihiki Pearl And Pearl Shell By-Laws 2005.Government of Cook Islands, Avarua, Rarotonga.Cook Islands Ministry of Marine Resources (2004). Draft Manihiki Pearl FarmingManagement Plan 2004 – 2104. Government of Cook Islands, Avarua, Rarotonga.Cook Islands Ministry Marine Resources (2005). Draft Code of Practice for ResponsiblePearl Farming in Manihiki Lagoon. Government of Cook Islands, Avarua,Rarotonga.DeVoe, R. and C. Hodges (2002). Management of marine aquaculture: the sustainabilitychallenge. Pp. 21-24 in: Stickney, R. and J. McVey. (2002). Responsible MarineAquaculture. World Aquaculture Society, CABI Publishing, New York, USA.Diggles, B. K., P. M. Hine and J. Carson (2007). The Cook Islands experience: pearloyster health investigations. Pp. 71-85 in: Bondad-Reantaso, M. G., S. E.