Pacific Islands - Fisheries sector
            engagement strategy

World Bank

Pacific Islands - Fisheries sector engagement strategy

The World Bank's 11 Pacific Island member countries are a diverse group in terms of economic and social conditions. Five are least developed countries, with annual per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as low as US$ 700, while in some of the territories average incomes are comparable to those in wealthy industrialized countries. Population densities and growth rates, land areas and the level of urbanization all display similarly wide ranges. There is a great diversity of cultures and languages. What they have in common is that all are islands surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, with jurisdiction over areas that are many times (in some cases thousands of times) their land area. All derive significant economic and social benefits from their marine resources, with many coastal communities depending on them for their livelihoods. Several have large and important freshwater fisheries. All identify their living aquatic resources (for fisheries, aquaculture and non-extractive uses mainly related to tourism) as a major opportunity for economic growth and development. In some cases, they represent one of the only opportunities. Reviews of the importance of fish as a source of food for Pacific Island populations have found that annual per capita consumption of fishery products in all cases exceeds the global average of 16.5 kg. In several small island countries, where opportunities to produce other food are very limited, fish consumption is among the highest in the world. Fishing also plays an important cultural role for men and women in many of the region's coastal communities.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Agricultural Study biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012-03-05
Subjects:	AQUACULTURE, AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT, AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION, AQUARIUM, AQUARIUM FISH, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, ARTISANAL FISHERIES, ARTISANAL FISHING, ATOLLS, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, BILLFISHES, BIRDS, BOTTOM FISH, CAPTURE FISHERIES, CATCH LEVELS, CATCHES, CLIMATE CHANGE, COAST, COASTAL COMMUNITIES, COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS, COASTAL FISHERIES, COASTAL FISHERY, COASTAL FISHING, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL MANAGEMENT, COASTAL PROTECTION, COASTAL RESOURCES, COASTAL STATES, COASTLINE, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, CONTINENTAL SHELF, CORAL, CORAL ISLANDS, CORAL REEF, CORAL REEFS, CYCLONES, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC FACTORS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC LOSSES, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTS, EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONES, EXPORT OF FISHERY PRODUCTS, EXTINCTION, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FISH, FISH CONSUMPTION, FISH PROCESSING, FISH RESOURCES, FISH STOCKS, FISHERIES, FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT, FISHERIES ISSUES, FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, FISHERIES MANAGEMENT TOOLS, FISHERIES PRODUCTION, FISHERIES PRODUCTS, FISHERIES PROGRAM, FISHERIES RESOURCES, FISHERIES SECTOR, FISHERIES STRATEGY, FISHERIES SUBSECTOR, FISHERMEN, FISHERS, FISHERY, FISHERY ACTIVITIES, FISHERY ADMINISTRATIONS, FISHERY CATCH, FISHERY DATA, FISHERY DEVELOPMENT, FISHERY MANAGEMENT, FISHERY MANAGERS, FISHERY PLANNING, FISHERY PRODUCTION, FISHERY PRODUCTS, FISHERY RESOURCE, FISHERY RESOURCES, FISHERY SECTOR, FISHING, FISHING CAPACITY, FISHING FLEETS, FISHING INDUSTRY, FISHING METHODS, FISHING NATIONS, FISHING OPERATIONS, FISHING VESSELS, FLAG STATE, FLEET, FOOD PRODUCT, FOOD SAFETY, FOOD SECURITY, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS, FOREIGN FISHING, FOREIGN FLEETS, FORESTRY, FRESH WATER, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HIGH SEAS, HIGH SEAS AREAS, HYDROCARBON, HYDROCARBONS, ILLEGAL FISHING, INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES, INSHORE FISHERIES, INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT, INTERNATIONAL WATERS, INVERTEBRATES, ISLAND, ISLAND STATES, KEY FISHERIES, KEY FISHERY, LABOR MARKETS, LAND RESOURCES, LANDINGS, LIVING AQUATIC RESOURCES, LIVING MARINE RESOURCES, LOGGING, MAJOR FISHERIES, MARINE BIODIVERSITY, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE FISHERIES, MARINE MAMMALS, MARINE RESOURCES, MARITIME BOUNDARIES, MARITIME ZONES, MARLINS, NATIONAL FISHERIES, NATIONAL FISHERY, NATIONAL FLEETS, NATIONAL JURISDICTION, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN AREAS, OCEAN POLICY, OCEAN RESOURCES, OCEANIC SPECIES, OCEANS, OFFSHORE FISHING, OIL, OIL PRICES, OVER-FISHING, OVERFISHING, PACIFIC OCEAN, PARTNERSHIP, PEARL, POPULATION DENSITIES, POPULATION GROWTH, PRESENT VALUE, RECREATION, REGIONAL FISHERIES, REGIONAL FISHERY, REGIONAL FISHERY INFORMATION SYSTEMS, RESOURCE CONSERVATION, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RESPONSIBLE FISHERIES, RISK MANAGEMENT, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SEA, SEA CUCUMBERS, SEAFOOD, SEINE VESSELS, SHARKS, SHORE, SPAWNING, STABILIZATION, STOCK ASSESSMENT, STOCK ASSESSMENTS, STREAMS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION, SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES, SUSTAINABLE USE, TERRITORIAL SEA, THERMOCLINE, TIMBER, TOTAL CATCH, TOTAL FISHERY PRODUCTION, TOTAL WORLD FISHERIES, TOURISM, TSUNAMI, TSUNAMIS, TUNA, TUNA FISHERIES, TUNA FISHERY, TUNA POPULATIONS, TUNAS, TURTLES, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNREPORTED FISHING, VESSEL, WASTE DISPOSAL,
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