Malaita Province Fisheries office has benefited from computer equipment given by the Ministry of Fisheries his week.

The fishing community of East Central Guadalcanal Constituency have received an early Christmas gift with the handing over of their Constituency Fisheries Centre at Kaoka at the weekend.

Honolulu 7 December 2018 — Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean is being targeted for elimination like never before following calls by Pacific Leaders for “action to end illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing and associated activities."

The Minister of Fisheries Hon John Maneniaru this afternoon officially opened the E-Monitoring building at the Fisheries head office campus.

Fishing Communities in the North West Guadalcanal Constituency are encouraged to fully utilise their centre which was recently opened at Tambea village.

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.

White River and King George VI School students have shown a great interest as future leaders to manage the nation’s marine resources.

Inshore Fisheries Division staff of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources will soon be carrying out stock status surveys in selected sites around the country to ascertain the population of certain key commercial marine species with the view to encourage local people to go into exporting of these marine resources.