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June 10 2020: A team of ten officials from the Research Unit of Coastal Fisheries Division had returned from Maiana Island after conducting surveys on marine resources (finfish and invertebrate) including creel survey targeting fishermen on the island and to develop the Island Spatial planning from 27th April till 11th May 2020. The main purpose Read More

A team of three (3) officials, assembled by the Tourism Authority of Kiribati (TAK), conducted their second fly-fishing exploratory assessment in Abemama on the 5th to 15th May 2020. The team’s main task was to undertake a follow-up assessment of the initial exploratory assessment conducted back in 2018. This assessment is to conclude whether Abemama Read More

A team of 5 officials from the Fisheries Division together for Abemama from April 21 to May 10 to conduct post-harvest training on the Island. The team undertook cooking training to the communities aimed in improving knowledge and skills of local communities on effective cooking methods that will help to enhance food security at the Read More

A team from LDCF 1 Project – a project on food Security in the context of climate change, has returned to Tarawa after conducting an official handing over of a speed boat to two of its piloted islands; Maiana and Nonouti islands. The team was composed of officials from Coastal Fisheries Division (CFD) of the Read More

Applicants are invited from suitably qualified persons for 1 Contract TNC Project Assistant, Level 11 and 1 Contract Climate Change Mitigation Project or Biennial Update Report Project Officer, Level 9 now existing within the Environment and Conservation Division. Full details of these posts can be obtained from ECD-MELAD or, please visit ECD Website, Facebook or Read More

The training carried on the 1st – 15th December 2019 in Abemama by Officials from TAK was another part of capacity building development program to support the gamefishing initiative as part of the eco-tourism venture on the island. Under the LDCF-I project Abemama is one of the pilot islands targeted to earn $5,000.00 per year Read More

Officials from the Local Government – MIA and the Coastal Fisheries – MFMRD had returned from Abemama one of the pilot island under LDCF-I project after a formal handing over of the boat to the island council on the 5th December 2019. The purpose of this aid is to assist the project in protecting and Read More

On the 17th – 22nd December 2019, 10 officials from MELAD and MWYSSA had visited Maiana to revisit its community management plan on Mangroves known as CBMMP (Integrated Community Based Mangrove & Natural Resource Co-Management Plan). The main objective of the trip is to finalize the draft CBMMP and its constitution of Te Bau n Read More

ABEMAMA, October 31, 2019 – Individual juveniles of 145 giant clams and 78 sandfish deployed in 2 weeks by a team from the Coastal Fisheries Division, , would enhance food security to many islands in the face of climate change, as part of the Food Security project. Young giant clams and sandfish (sea cucumber family) Read More

Under the LDCF-I project, 29 staff members from different ministries together with the project management unit spent the weekend retreat at Abaokoro, North Tarawa from the 13th-15th of December 2019. The purpose of the retreat is to review and finalise the costed work plan for 2020. The members of the retreat comprised of 9 ministries, Read More