Description
PROTEGE ("Pacific Territories Regional Project for Sustainable Ecosystem Management" or "protect" in French) is an initiative designed to promote sustainable and climate-change-resilient economic development in the European Pacific overseas countries and territories (OCT) by emphasising biodiversity and renewable resources. PROTEGE is a regional cooperation project that supports the public policies of the four Pacific OCTs, i.e. New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis & Futuna and Pitcairn.
Goals for the coastal fisheries and aquaculture component:
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Aquaculture techniques that are sustainably integrated into natural settings and suited to island economies are trialled and implemented at pilot scales and then transferred to the rest of the Pacific
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Participatory management and integrated planning of exploited fisheries resources are continued and strengthened
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Fisheries and aquaculture products are developed as part of a sustainable development approach
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Cooperation between the OCTs and between the OCTs and the ACP countries is strengthened and made sustainable through operational, coordination and support mechanisms