The Best Fishery in Fiji, Regional Workshop on Underutilized Fish and Marine Genetic Resources (FMGR) and their Amelioration, Country Status Report: Fiji by

1. THE BEST FISHERY IN
THE PACIFIC
Regional Workshop on Underutilized Fish and Marine Genetic
Resources (FMGR) and their Amelioration
10-13th July 2019 | Colombo, Sri Lanka

2. Fiji??

3. Things to know about Fiji

4. Where are we now? Where are we
going? [History and current status}
OUR COVERAGE AREA
Archipelagic Waters : 130,450 sq/km
Territorial Waters : 45,000 sq/km
Exclusive Economic Zones : 1,145,000 sq/km
Total sea area : 1.3million Sq/km
No. Of Customary Fisheries Areas : 411
Freshwater In Land Farms : 280-300
OUR PRODUCTS
Total Allowable Catch (TAC) : 12,000 MT
(albacore, big eye, yellow fin)
Tuna Catches : Ave. 9,000 MT
Total No. Offshore License : 90
TUNA FISHERIES – Loin, Sashimi, By-Catch
SUBSISTENCE - 18,000 metric tons
ARTISANAL FISHERIES – 9,000 metric tons
AQUACULTURE – Freshwater, Brackish-water &
Mari-Culture

5. Production Status
2014
Production Aquaculture 194
(Tonnes) Capture 43,700
Total 43,894
Employment Aquaculture N/A
(Thousands) Capture N/A
Total N/A
Value For trade Fisheries exports 57,604
(1000 USD) Fisheries imports 205,358
Total 296,962
(Gillett, et al., 2018) 1 18 333 km2
Water area 2 1 290 000 km2
Population (2007) 837 271
GDP of Fiji (2014) USD 3 600 909 000
Fisheries contribution to
GDP (2014)
USD 65 758 000
Fisheries contribution as a %
of GDP (2014)
1.8

6. Fisheries Management practices

7. MPA Gazette Areas

8. Bans
• Fiji has banned the use of any underwater breathing Apparatus
• Fiji species of interest
• Fiji has banned the local sale, consumption and export of all seacucmber
species

9. Access Benefit Sharing
1. Discovering active compounds for pharmaceutical
and agrochemical uses from marine organisms
within the ecosystems of Fiji (USD 660K).
2. Operationalization of ABS Agreements and Benefit
Sharing.
3. Increased National Capacity to Implement the
Nagoya Protocol Obligations.

10. Vinaka vaka Levu
*Thank you very Much
Any Questions?