Educational model: Reef-lagoon fisheries management

The Direction des Ressources Marines (DRM), as the country's department responsible for the sustainable management of fisheries, particularly reef-lagoon fisheries in French Polynesia, wanted to develop a training and awareness-raising program for the management committees of regulated fishing zones (ZPR). To this end, an educational model was developed to centralise all the information needed to train these management committees, who are working to ensure the sustainability of reef and lagoon resources in the Fenua lagoons.

The model was developed in partnership with the Rahui Center as part of the PROTEGE project, funded by the European Union and implemented by the Pacific Community.