Sabetian, Armagan, and Foale, Simon (2006) Evolution of the artisanal fisher: case studies from Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Traditional Marine Resource Management and Knowledge Information Bulletin, 20. pp. 3-10.

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Abstract

In this article we describe the rapid uptake of technology that increases fishing efficiency in two parts of western Melanesia: Ghizo Island in Western Province, Solomon Islands, and Milne Bay Province in Papua New Guinea. We present evidence that demonstrates a disturbing lack of awareness among fishers of the finite nature of the stocks they are exploiting, and we argue that without corresponding systematic management interventions, the technological transformations we are now witnessing will accelerate the present pattern of sequential overfishing of commercially valuable species.

Item ID:	4150
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1025-7497
Keywords:	fishery; resource management; Melanesia; development; markets; population growth
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Additional Information:	Reproduced with permission from Secretariat of the Pacific Community. The original document is available on SPC Coastal and Oceanic Fisheries Programmes Digital Library at: http://www.spc.int/mrd/fishlib.php
Date Deposited:	03 Nov 2009 23:24
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