By Antoine Teitelbaum, Emmanuel Malpot, Koroa Raumea and Richard Story

 

The last issue of the Fisheries Newsletter contained a description of the first set of post-larval capture and culture (PCC) experiments that were run in Cook Islands. These experiments were made possible, thanks to technical input of experts from French Polynesia and financial support from the French Pacific Fund. This article describes the Cook Islands Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) staff training on Bora Bora. Training took place on a farm where PCC activities have been developed to a semi-commercial level. Some of the results of the sampling performed in Aitutaki from November 2007 to March 2008 are presented here.