@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00004830,
 author = {IWAKIRI, Shigero and Vina, RAM},
 issue = {1},
 journal = {鹿児島大学水産学部紀要=Memoirs of Faculty of Fisheries Kagoshima University},
 month = {2016-10-28},
 note = {According to the ancient history of the Polynesians, Melanesians and Micronesians, the
islanders were referred to as "ocean farers" who possed good navigational and fishing skills.
However, the colonial powers were not interested in exploitation of ocean resources because of
the lack of market then for fisheries products. Much of the interest lied in agricultural
plantation development to provide raw materials for the metropolitan markets. As a
consequence, within the primary industries of the islands it is seen that fisheries is still at a
considerable stage of subsistence compared to other agricultural activities. Thus, it is
important that while the traditional structures are still present within these island societies, the
possibilities for reconstructing or reviving the traditional skills of ocean people be considered
towards the coastal and open sea fisheries development.
It is also seen that within the last decade two international political events have further
sought to change the perspects of the fishing industry which was initially limited to household
production. Firstly, the political independence has given the islands new incentives and
commitment to develop their own few resources and secondly, the declaration of the 200 mile
extended jurisdiction under the International Marine Policy has initiated the islands of the
possibilities of exploiting and managing the highly migratory tuna resources which form the
main stock of the deep ocean within these island countries jurisdiction. The effects of these are
already evidenced by the development of the industrial pelagic fisheries under the strong
national and regional support.
Presently each of the Pacific Islands have National Fisheries Development Plans, where the
main objectives relate to increase foreign exchange, creating employment and providing
protein food.
In the case of Fiji, the export-orientated industrial pelagic fisheries has been developed
independently under national capital for production, and foreign joint-venture for processing
and marketing. This development shows a modernised course of industrial progress and mode
of accumulation in contrast with the theoratical process. Furthermore, this development
perspect has been a result and under the guidance of the emerging regional marine and fisheries
policy under the International Law of the Sea regime.
In this study on industrial fisheries, the methodology adopted based on the economic analysis of capital accumulation, labour force and composition, national intervention,
international relations and so on.},
 pages = {97--135},
 title = {Industrial Progress of Pelagic Fisheries in the South Pacific : A Case Study of Fiji},
 volume = {36},
 year = {}
}