Title
Fiji's groupers--valuable but vulnerable
Author(s)
Sadovy, Yvonne; Mangubhai, Sangeeta
Published
2018
Publisher
SPC Fisheries Newsletter
Abstract
Groupers ( family Epinephelidae) are among the most highly valued (Grade 1) fish in Fiji’s coral reef coastal fishery. The kawakawa (camouflage grouper, Epinephelus polyphekadion), in particular, is very much appreciated in Fiji’s domestic markets, and several other groupers are especially valued for export markets to China. Recognising the increasing value of, and demand for, groupers generally, in parallel with declines in some grouper populations both in Fiji and in other countries of the region (Lee et al. 2018), we were interested to learn more about the marketing of grouper. We had noticed that fishers in some parts of Fiji were catching fewer and sometimes smaller groupers than in the past, a matter of concern for the resource itself and for fisher incomes (Sadovy de Mitcheson and Ramoica 2015).

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