Fiji Times Thursday 15 June 2017 FIJI will run a seasonal ban on kawakawa and donu from June to September next year.
In a statement, cChange Fiji’s director Scott Radway said this was in line with the country’s commitment to the seasonal ban on the fishing and sale of kawakawa during its peak breeding months during the UN Ocean Conference in New York, US last week.
Mr Radway, who praised Fiji’s commitment, said the move would greatly help in the boosting of the declining stocks of the high-valued fish.
“As part of the kawakawa commitment, Fiji also laid out a series of other management measures for kawakawa and donu, including improved collection of fisheries data,” he said. This would include the monitoring of markets for undersize fish, and work with stakeholders to protect the sites across Fiji where the fish breed. Read more…
