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The meeting was held in response to a recommendation from member countries and territories at the second Heads of Fisheries meeting in July, 2001. The meeting agreed that it would be “timely to have a broadly based regional consultation or workshop on community-based management of Pacific Island coastal fisheries.” The deliberations and outputs of the policy meeting will become a fundamental part of the SPC Coastal Fisheries Programme’s strategic plan and thus directly shape the activities and outputs of the newly-formed Fisheries Management Section.

In March 2003, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) contracted the Marine Studies Programme at The University of the South Pacific to conduct a “Review of Aquaculture Policy and Legislation in the Pacific Islands Region”. This Review is an initiative under the broad umbrella of the regional aquaculture network of SPC members to assist in further promoting communication and collaboration among countries and territories.

The PSC, and later the Professional Development Centre, will ensure that development opportunities are available for public servants who are required to implement the new human resource management practices within their work place.