Coastal fisheries
Country Department III East Asia and Pacific Region The World Bank. 1995. Coastal fisheries. Pages 58-69. In Author unknown: Joint FFA/SPC workshop of the management of South Pacific inshore fisheries. Noumea, New Caledonia. June 26 - July 7, 1995. South Pacific Commission. Pacific island economies: Building a resilient economic base for the twenty first century
This report presents a selection topics of special interest and relevance to eight Pacific Island countries that are members of the World Bank (PMCs) Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa. These themes selected are: the impact of recent changes in the external trading arrangements of the PMCs; economic diversification into tourism; improving the management of and getting better returns for natural resources, i.e. fisheries and forestry; and regional cooperation. The report also includes eight country profiles.