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Coastal fisheries in a pandemic: Solomon Islands and Vanuatu experiences
Type: Blog
Almost everyone in the Pacific eats fish regularly, but most people are not fishers. Fish is caught, distributed and then acquired by consumers through purchase, gifting or bartering. We estimate through our research at ...
Beyond gender-blind livelihoods: Considerations for coastal livelihood initiatives
Type: Working Paper
Sustainable and improved livelihoods are often entry points to enhance human well-being and the management of natural resources (Allison and Ellis 2001; Sulu et al. 2015). Yet research shows that many of these livelihood ...
A new idea for coastal fisheries: asking the right questions to enhance coastal livelihoods
Type: Manual
Livelihood diversification is actively promoted in fisheries policy. For example, ”A new song for coastal fisheries – pathways to change: The Noumea Strategy” describes how alternative sources of income may need to be ...
Lessons from the Pacific about balancing community and environmental needs
Type: Blog
Blog entry for the journal on the CoralCOE website: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ‘Sixteen years of social and ecological dynamics reveal challenges and opportunities for adaptive management in sustaining ...
Towards Ocean Equity
Type: Working Paper
This paper examines the distribution of the goods and services provided by the ocean, existing inequities and the resulting impacts on the environment, human health, and income distribution now and in the future. The paper ...
Community Based Resource Management in Malaita Province
Type: Brochure
This factsheet includes a map that indicates activities undertaken by World Fish and the Malaita Provincial Fisheries Office to support community-based resource management of local marine resources and the current status ...
Who you know matters for climate change adaptation
Type: Blog
Coastal communities around the world are already facing the trials and tribulations wrought by climate change. On an atoll island in Papua New Guinea, we examine the social factors that shape whether and how households adapt.
Follow the fish
Type: Brief
This brief summarises national statistics about how prevalent women are in production and distribution of aquatic foods in Solomon Islands and emphasises the importance of women's increased participation in decision making.
Coral reef conservation in Solomon Islands: Overcoming the policy implementation gap.
Type: Internal Report
This policy gap analysis identifies threats to coral reefs, evaluates the effectiveness of the existing legal framework to address these threats, and formulates recommendations to strengthen community-based natural resource ...
A new angle on coastal fisheries development in the Pacific
Type: Brief
This policy brief provides guiding principles for how Governments can enable innovation and support community-based approaches to development in the coastal fisheries sector in the Pacific.