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Pacific
Community
ANNIVERSARY
ANNIVERSAIRE
Communauté
du Pacifique
8.2 Management Regime
Trochus Fishery is managed by the Island Council
Conduct of the fishery and the distribution of financial benefits
Harvesting Regime:
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TAC is calculated by MMR
Harvest level set to maintain the stock at a sustainable level of long-term production
(30% of the harvestable sizes 80-110 mm)
Harvest period for 1-2 weeks for every 2 years
TAC divided by the no. of households on the island - now, its slightly change to
individual quota.
This quota can either be caught by that family/individual during the harvest period, or in
the case of those who are unable to do their own fishing, transferred to another
family/individual.
Island Council supervises the collection, shipping and sale of shells and distributes the
resulting cash according to the allocated quota.
This "community transferable quota" system is currently unique in the world.
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Size limits is 80-110 mm shell diameter
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In addition no harvesting allowed at any time from the trochus reserve area.
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