Selling and marketing fish in the Solomon Islands
10 March 2015
More than half of all households in the Solomon Islands are involved in some sort of fishing activity, with the percentage of households involved increasing with increasing distance from urban areas
More than half of all households in the Solomon Islands are involved in some sort of fishing activity, with the percentage of households involved increasing with increasing distance from urban areas (Govan et al. 2013). A common characteristic of these households is a heavy reliance on marine resources for food. In order to effectively manage the fisheries in the Solomon Islands, improved information on fish resources within the Solomon Islands is needed. The objectives of the Solomon Islands Mobile Platform project were to: 1) provide the Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) with information to improve MFMR’s decision-making capacity on fisheries management; and 2) establish a baseline of information on fish sellers and marketing for management and development activities in the country.
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