Fishing the last frontier: The introduction of the marine aquarium trade and its impact on local fishing communities in Papua New Guinea |
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| Institution: | 1. Department Conservation Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Conservation (UFZ), Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany;2. Pro Wildlife, Kidlerstrasse 2, 81371 Munich, Germany;3. Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Valle de, Guatemala;4. Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, South Africa;5. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA;6. Bosques de Cerezos 112, C.P. 11700 México D.F., Mexico;7. Dipartimento di Biologia, Universitá Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy;8. Amsterdam, The Netherlands;9. Administrative Department for Environmental Crime, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Schwannstrasse 3, 40476 Düsseldorf, Germany;10. United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan;11. Institute for Nature Conservation, Dr Ivana Ribara 91, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia;12. Fauna Finders, Corsair Bay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand;13. Department of Nature Conservation, Ministry of Rural Development, Environment and Agriculture of the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany;14. Niger Delta Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation Unit, Department of Applied and Environmental Biology, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria;0. Environmental Studies Centre Demetra, via Olona 7, 00198 Rome, Italy;p. Institutt for Biovitenskap, Kristine Bonnevies hus, Blindernvn. 31, 0371 Oslo, Norway;q. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Viet Nam;r. Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom;s. John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, 800 N State College Boulevard, Fullerton, CA, USA;t. San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Rd, Escondido, CA, 92027;u. CIRAD, UPR AGIRs, Ampandrianomby, B.P. 853, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar;v. Cologne Zoo, Riehler Strasse 173, 50735, Cologne, Germany;w. Dirección del Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador;x. Bosques de Cerezos 112, C.P. 11700 México D.F., Mexico;y. Schlehenweg 2, 53177 Bonn, Germany;z. Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Zoological Institute, Cologne University, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, 50674 Cologne, Germany;11. Landesamt für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz, Naturschutzstation Rhinluch, Nauener Str. 68, D–16833 Linum, Germany;12. University of Lomé, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Zoology, BP: 6057 Lomé, Togo;13. Biological Environmental Survey, North Perth, WA 6006, Australia;14. Philippine Center for Terrestrial and Aquatic Research, 1198 Benavidez St., #1202 Tondo, Manila, Philippines;15. Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biology, Ayd?n, Turkey;16. Paraguay Salvaje, Filadelfia 853, 9300 Fernheim, Paraguay;17. Sayaji Zoo, Vadodara, Gujarat, India;18. Department of Conservation Auckland Conservancy Office, Auckland 1145, New Zealand;19. Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Projects Vietnam and Laos, Cologne Zoo, Riehler Strasse 173, 50735 Cologne, Germany;110. Zoological Institute, Cologne University, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, 50674 Cologne, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Papua New Guinea has sometimes been called the world's last frontier for relatively undamaged coral reefs and their resources. In 2007, the country joined its neighbours in the marine aquarium trade. By licensing a private company, Papua New Guinea tried an alternative approach to the introduction of this activity. Under the so-called SeaSmart Programme, over 100 fishers were trained in sustainable collection techniques and handling of organisms, until the programme was shut down in 2010, and replaced by its successor, EcoAquariums PNG. This article contains the first study on the introduction of the marine aquarium trade into Papua New Guinea. It evaluates the overall outcomes of the SeaSmart Programme, lists targeted species, and their prices. The main focus is on the local collectors, and on the impacts of this new activity on them and their communities. Benefits from collecting marine ornamentals are assessed and their contribution to household income is quantified. Perceptions on non-financial benefits of the SeaSmart Programme are also gathered. The empirical work was carried out between September 2010 and February 2011 in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. A total of 199 fishers including 44 aquarium fishers were interviewed in eight different communities in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. The results show that marine aquarium fishing does provide benefits to local resource collectors, but also that this “sustainable” way of collecting of marine ornamentals might lead to some depletion. |
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| Keywords: | Marine aquarium trade Ornamental species Papua New Guinea SeaSmart Progamme EcoAquariums PNG |
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