SPC Regional Policy meeting on Coastal Fisheries Management (Nadi, Fiji Islands : 17-21 March 2003): Report of Meeting

The meeting was held in response to a recommendation from member countries and territories at the second Heads of Fisheries meeting in July, 2001. The meeting agreed that it would be “timely to have a broadly based regional consultation or workshop on community-based management of Pacific Island coastal fisheries.” The deliberations and outputs of the policy meeting will become a fundamental part of the SPC Coastal Fisheries Programme’s strategic plan and thus directly shape the activities and outputs of the newly-formed Fisheries Management Section.