Empowering coastal communities to manage their fisheries is the objective of a new project for which the European Union has injected $US5.2 million.
In partnership with the Pacific Community, the Locally Managed Marine Area Network has launched the project - called 'the 100-Percent Solution'.
The network's council chair, Alifereti Tawake, says the two year project, which targets five Melanesian countries, has three dimensions.
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