Hon: 31 Oct 2018: The Ministry of Fisheries hereby announces the re-opening of the beche-de-mer fishery with immediate effect following receipt of an Order in the Gazette.

Compliance Officers from the Ministry of Fisheries were also part of the Operation Kurukuru which concluded yesterday.

The Pacific Regional Oceanscape Program (PROP) Solomon Islands is funded by World Bank and Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and implemented in the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) since 2016. The objective of the program is to strengthen the shared management of selected Pacific Island oceanic and coastal fisheries, and the critical habitats upon which they depend.