By Moffat Mamu
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Solomon Star, Sept. 5) - An Australian marine researcher claims that Solomon Islands is experiencing depletion in fish stock in parts of the country.
The researcher, Mr. John Fairfax said fish depletion is affecting Solomon Islands due to over fishing.
Fairfax, who was in the country to conduct the research, highlighted this in a report presented to Minister of Finance Bartholomew Ulufa’alu last week.
He said there is already initial evidence that indicated the collapse of fish stocks.
One of this, Fairfax said, was the collapse of the subsistence barter trade economy, which now resulted in increased hardship, and poverty, causing impact on the fledging SI monetary economy that essentially collapsed.
"Evidence of serious and general fish depletion is not difficult to find. A professional fisherman in an outboard motor has to travel longer distances to find and catch fish," the Australian researcher...