Sea cucumber fisheries throughout the region have experienced periods of booming production and high revenue followed by periods of low production, primarily due to no or few fishery management strategies.

That’s why it is important to develop, implement and monitor effective fishery management frameworks indeed. Management tools and harvest strategies for consideration are outlined in the recommendations of those reports for Cook Islands, Fiji and Samoa.

List of reports

The status of sea cucumber resources at Aitutaki, Mangaia, Palmerston and Rarotonga, Cook Islands June 2013   by Koroa Raumea, Ngereteina George, Kalo Pakoa, Ian Bertram and Michael Sharp     Download the PDF (1.65 MB)   The status of sea cucumber resources and recommendations for management in Samoa September 2013   by Maria Sapatu and Kalo Pakoa     Download the PDF (1 MB) The status of sea cucumber resources and fisheries management in Fiji September 2013   by Pakoa K., Saladrau W., Lalavanua W., Valotu D., Tuinasavusavu I., Sharp M. and  Bertram I.     Download the PDF (3 MB) The status of Tonga's sea cucumber fishery, including an update on Vava'u and Tongatapu November 2013   by Kalo M. Pakoa, Poasi V. Ngaluafe, Talaofa Lotoahea, Sione V. Matoto and  Ian Bertram   Download the PDF (2 MB) The status of reef invertebrate resources and recommendations for management at Tokelau July 2013   by Tumua Pasilio, Foliga Perira, Kerat Rikim, Kalo Pakoa and Ian Bertram   Download the PDF (2 MB)

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