Category: Fisheries
20 foreign fishing vessels boarded
Royal Solomon Islands Police vessel, Auki. Photo: AHC. The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Maritime Unit has boarded more than twenty foreign fishing vessels during ... Read More
Former builder turns to commercial tilapia farming
Jimmy Sigepitu "I started with only four fish and now, I have around a thousand." Situated just outside the Western Provincial capital Gizo is ... Read More
Nusa Tupe research station boosts sustainability in the Solomons’ seas
The WorldFish Nusa Tupe Research Station On the island of Nusa Tupe in the western Solomons, an unassuming building supports the lofty aim of sustaining ... Read More
Gizo reefs wiped out after beche-de-mer harvest: scientist
Reefs outside Gizo in the western Solomons The stock of beche-de-mer in the reefs around Gizo, Western Province has been depleted, according to fisheries scientist Dr ... Read More
Beche-de-mer harvest period ends tonight
Dried beche-de-mer All activities related to fishing or harvesting beche-de-mer in the country must stop tonight. In a statement, the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine ... Read More
Last blue boat burns at Iron Bottom Sound
The last remaining blue boat on fire. Photo: Police media The last remaining blue boat has been destroyed. The maritime department of the Royal Solomon ... Read More
First national environmental Symposium kicks off
The Environmental Symposium underway at the Heritage Park Hotel. The country's first national environmental symposium is underway in Honiara. More than two hundred participants came ... Read More