(1) SPC Activities(2) News From In And Around the Region(3) The Tuvalu Vaka Project by Steven A. Brown.A pilot project, funded by Save the Children Fund in 1984 is intended to train Tuvaluans in the construction of efficient sailing craft needed for intra-lagoon trolling and transportation. The need arose as an alternative means of transporting people and harvesting coconuts out on the uninhabited motus dotting the large lagoon. The first project was a 32 foot Windward Outrigger "Vaka" based on local designs. The second project, a 33-feet motor-sailing catamaran.(4) Deep-Bottom Fishing in Vanuatu: Initial Resultsby Francois Brouard and Rene Grandperrin(5) A Marine Resources Information System For The Pacific?by Bess Flores
South Pacific Commission (Now Pacific Community) Fisheries Newsletter.
The "Vaka" Project, funded by Save The Children, began in April 1983, after 2 years of planning by Jack Lockett, Tuvalu Field Director for Save The Children, and Windworkboat consultant Jim Brown. This pilot project is intended to train Tuvaluans in the construction of efficient sailing craft needed for intra-lagoon trolling and transportation.
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