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September 2011 CONTRACT Vava’u Fish Market was built and opened on the 16th September 2004 and it was funded by the European Union under the Vava’u Development Programme III. The fish market infrastructure consists of three distinct facilities, namely; (i) a fish marketing complex, (ii) a slipway and boatyard and (iii) a fishermen’s wharf and small boat lock up. A Vava’u Fisheries Complex Management.....more on the story....... ...................................................................... |
September 2011 INVITITATION TO THE PUBLIC FOR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED COASTAL COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR TAUNGA ISLAND A public consultation is currently in progress to invite any comments or concerns from the general public with regards to Taunga’s proposed Coastal Community Management Plan. It is hereby announced for the general public to be known that the island of Taunga in the Motu District of Vava’u, has proposed to establish a community‐based Special Management Area within their coastal waters. This is in accordance to the Fisheries Management Act 2002, in which the Minister responsible for Fisheries, may by Order published in a Gazette, declare an area of the fisheries waters and corresponding subjacent area to be a Special Management Area for the purposes of coastal community management.........more..... ...................................................................... |
September 2011 AQUACULTURE AREAS There are 23 applications for aquaculture development licence to date and the Fisheries Division needs to finalise and gazette all the aquaculture areas before processing the licence. The application fee is T$300 pa’anga but the licensing fee is based on category type. There are three categories.....read more..... ...................................................................... |
December 2011 MINISTER MAFFF OFFICIAL VISIT TO FFA No other regional organisation has been as successful in the delivery of its objectives as the FFA… ...................................................................... |
October 2011 'Eua Royal Agricultural Show
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September 2011 RESOURCE RENT According to section 55 of the Fisheries Management (Conservation) Regulations 2008: “(1) The Minister may, by Notice published in a newspaper widely circulated in the Kingdom, raise a resource rent as he deems necessary on any fishery for the purposes of management and development of that fishery. (2) The resource rent referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be based upon such information as determined by the Minister.” Also in section 56 of the Fisheries Management (Conservation) Regulations 2008 it stated that: .........read more....... ...................................................................... |
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