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The 4FJ Fish Smart campaign is promoting better ways to fish, or Fish Smart, to increase your catches, today and tomorrow. As part of the campaign work, it’s also asking everyone in urban areas to pledge to “Say No to Undersize” species in the market. In Fiji, mud crabs or qari have long been a women-dominated fishery, helping to provide an important income opportunity for families in rural areas. But in Fiji today, mud crabs can’t quite keep up with the demand, with current fishing practices. “In the past, in one village, there will be 3-4 people who are fishing for crabs, today, say if we have 20 families in a community there will be one person from each household fishing for crabs on a daily basis,” said Taru Veibi, the women’s representative for the Fiji Local Marine Managed Network (FLMMA). ....
12 February, 2021, 7:00 pm Minister for Fisheries Semi Koroilavesau and 4FJ Movement Champion Lisala Waqalala with their pledge boards at the launch. Picture: SUPPLIED LISALA Waqalala leans into the microphone at the Fijian Broadcasting Corporation studio at Gladstone Rd in Suva. Mr Waqalala is a humble fisherman from Vitawa village in Ra but right now he has a message for the nation. “What I ask for here is the support of my fellow fishermen. Whatever fishing technique you employ, we need to factor in the need to sustain our fish stocks,” Mr Waqalala said on a new iTaukei-language radio show called Qoli Vakamatau, or Fish Smart in English. ....