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Home » Welcome to the Photobank » CORAL at Work Waitabu Workshop October 2003 CORAL funded a mooring buoy project in Waitabu to demarcate the Waitabu protected area. CORAL visited the community to view the moorings and discuss... Full Size » Waitabu Workshop | Coral Reef Alliance

A survey team includes villagers from Waitabu who are trained to monitor the tabu area. Photo by Fijitimes Online WAITABU, TAVEUNI, CAKAUDROVE on Flickr - Photo Sharing

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 ALUMECI NAKEKE Okostino Apao ... protecting the sea The love for his fishing ground and a request from his dying mother prompted 23-year-old Okostino Apao to put his studies on hold and look after the village marine protected area. Apao is originally from Rotuma but grew up in his mother's village of Waitabu on Taveuni . As Apao grew up, he never really understood the importance of the work his late mother Sala did, which is to manage the village marine protected area, now known as the Waitabu Marine Park as it is frequently visited by tourists. Sala was the force behind the setting up of the park with the help of Marine Ecology Fiji Consultant, Helen Sykes . After completing Form Seven on Taveuni, Apao enrolled at the Fiji Institute of Technology, but had to return to help his sick mother with her work. Sadly, she died in 2006. Since then, Apao said, he has continued to do the work his mother did and has never regretted leaving FIT because he love

Northern Fiji Pictures Waitabu Village, Taveuni Photograph by Ian Osborn ( Fiji Wedding Photographer ) - Copyright Pacific Travel Guides No picture may be used or reproduced without prior consent from the copyright holder Northern Fiji Pictures - Waitabu Village, Taveuni

Great Fiji Butterlfyfish Count featured in Mamara Magazine in August Hi all, Rush for your copy of Mamara Magazine for August, out now - great article about IYOR and the Great Fiji Butterlfyfish Count in English AND in Fijian! Cheers, Helen Helen Sykes The Great Fiji Butterflyfish Count 2 - 8 November 2008 e: info@fijibutterflyfishcount.com http://www.fijibutterflyfishcount.com www.fijibutterflyfishcount.blogspot.com marine ecology consulting PO Box 2558, Govt Buildings Suva, Fiji Islands t: +679-336-3625 / +679-359-2136 www.MarineEcologyFiji.com The Great Fiji Butterflyfish Count 2008

Calling Fish Geeks....... Thought you may be interested - lots of us have had trouble identifying the Tomato Anemone fish in Fiji, and it has just been identified as a new species, plus the new wrasse ID'd a couple of years ago is described. See link Fiji Amphiprion and Cirrhilabrus new species…mainly by DNA data http://www.aqua-aquapress.com/latest_issues.html Cheers, Helen Helen Sykes The Great Fiji Butterflyfish Count 2 - 8 November 2008 e: info@fijibutterflyfishcount.com http://www.fijibutterflyfishcount.com www.fijibutterflyfishcount.blogspot.com marine ecology consulting =================================================== Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology Gerald R. Allen, Joshua Drew and Les Kaufman: Amphiprion barberi, a new species of anemonefish (Pomacentridae) from Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa , pp. 105-114 Abstract Amphiprion melanopus , underwater photograph of adult, about 75.0 mm SL, Milne Bay, Papua New