By Juliet Lyon | Director
Now that the community has set the boundaries of the reserve (the protected area where no fishing activity will be allowed), the Community Fisheries Council is developing the protocol spelling out the rules and consequences to increase enforcement and adherence. This will ensure that the seahorses and other species can thrive in the reserve!
In other news, the community run seahorse tours have made a comeback since Covid receded! In 2021 and 2022, the community led 50 tours bringing in over $3,000 to the village including over $1,000 to the Community Fisheries Council to fund their work.
We continue to engage regularly with the Community Fisheries Council to support the seahorse tours (community led ecotourism as an alternative to seahorse poaching), develop the reserve, and more recently, to assess the viability of a coral nursery in the area.
It is exciting to work with the community in the pursuit of biodiversity protection and proliferation.
Thank you as always for your support!
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