Sustainable
Sport Fishery Development for Palau
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GRANT
NUMBER:
NA77FD0043
NMFS NUMBER: 96-SWR-057
REPORT
TITLE: Sustainable
Sport Fishery Development for Palau: Demonstration Project
AUTHOR:
Marc L. Miller
PUBLISH
DATE:
April
2000
AVAILABLE
FROM: National
Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Area Office,
1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, Hawaii
96814-4700. TELEPHONE: (808) 973-2937, ext.
205
ABSTRACT
The
overarching goals of this project were to develop a sport
fishery that (1) targets small-scale fishermen, (2) is compatible
with sustainable ecotourism, and (3) helps provide for the
conservation and best use of Palau's inshore resources.
Primary goals included (1) the organization of fishermen
and tourism brokers in a sport fishery system; (2) the testing,
evaluation, and improvement of the system; and (3) the provision
of assistance to Palauan states in the management of their
inshore resources. Demonstration objectives included (1)
the creation of a new occupational niche for fishermen,
(2) the development of a training program for fishermen
and tourism brokers, and (3) field trials of the sport fishery
system. Institutional objectives included assistance (1)
to national and state leaders in the implementation of sport
fishery laws and policies and (2) to tourism leaders in
the design of marketing materials and strategies. These
goals and objectives were attained. The demonstration project
was successful in providing an avenue for diversification.
The implication of these results is that the overarching
goals remain viable and show promise of being attained as
demonstration and institutional objectives are supplanted
by sport fishery system refinement objectives in a supplementary
project.
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