Take the Pledge, Join the Movement!! 4FJ Grouper Spawning Campaign More than 200 people have pledged not to eat, buy or sell Kawakawa and Donu during spawning season, June to September. The pledge drive was launched on the final day of the Hibiscus Festival but the number of pledges increase daily as people come in to pledge. "What makes grouper particularly vulnerable to overfishing is the way the fish reproduces. While groupers are typically solitary fishes, during short periods each year individuals swim away from their home reefs, sometimes covering great distances, to gather together to spawn (mate, reproduce). Scientists call these gathering spots ‘spawning aggregation sites’. In Fiji, groupers typically gather at aggregation sites to spawn in late July through mid-November, typically around a full moon. Traditionally, these sites were well-known to local fishermen and the opportunity to easily fish them for subsistence was capitalised on. But in modern times, as fishing pressure has increased particularly for commercial sale, the aggregation habit of groupers has made it much too easy to deplete the fish, as they all gather in the same spot each year at the same time. Not only do you lose large numbers of fish at once, the fish are taken before they produce the next generation of grouper. So you lose all those fish, plus what would be millions of fertilised fish eggs that create the next generation of grouper." Should you wish to Pledge please contact us: Phone: 3312250 or email Sanivalati Navuku - [email protected] /Alumeci Nakeke- [email protected] Margaret Fox - 3315174 or email - [email protected]
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 05:29:38 +0000
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