Findings from a June 1983 survey of Pacific Islands aquaculture perceptions and awareness

Abstract

The questionnaire, designed by PIDP's aquaculture project team, was given to participants of the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) month-long course on 30 May 1983. Countries represented by Chief and Principal Fisheries Officers from Papua New Guinea, Federated States of Micronesia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, Western Samoa, Fiji, Kiribati. Upon return to Hawaii (2 June 1983), PIDP's aquaculture project staff tallied the responses. After discussions of the survey results, suggestions for a regional-level project were made by the respondents. These suggestions included the general areas of (1) project evaluation, (2) resource assessment, and (3) project management.