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Category Archives: Melanesia

Documenting the REPICORE feedback trip

During the recent feedback trip of the REPICORE team, we were accompanied by photographer Tom Vierus, who was documenting our travels and meetings. Tom will use his beautiful imagery and video clips to produce a short documentary on our efforts to feed back project outcomes to stakeholders in the three …

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Sebastian Ferse April 11, 2018 April 11, 2018Expeditions, Melanesia, News

The aftermath of Cyclone Winston

By Akuila Cakacaka Four months after the devastating impact of tropical Cyclone Winston, I visited the villages of Nakodu and Tuatua on Koro island and Natokalau village on Ovalau island to understand how the people have coped with the effects and aftermath of the storm. These villages were some of …

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Webmaster August 17, 2016 May 16, 2017Expeditions, Melanesia, News Cyclone Winston; livelihoods; coastal communities

Assessing coral bleaching near Suva

The third global bleaching event has been taking place over the last months. Having slowly extended across the Pacific Ocean, unusually high water temperatures emerged in Fiji in February this year. Victor Bonito of Reef Explorer Fiji Ltd. is located around 100km west of our base in Suva at the …

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Amanda Ford April 10, 2016 May 31, 2017Expeditions, Melanesia bleaching, climate change, coral, Fiji, reefs

Cyclone Winston

Three weeks ago, the largest cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere hit Fiji. At the time that the cyclone hit, the water around Fiji was around 1.5°C higher than usual, and consequently was experiencing high amounts of coral bleaching (see previous blog). Unusually high water temperatures are associated to …

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Amanda Ford March 15, 2016 May 22, 2017Melanesia, News Cyclone Winston, Fiji, REPICORE

Bleaching in Fiji

So it seems that Fiji has been unable to escape the extreme water temperatures of the 2015/2016 El Niño after all. Two of our team members (Steven and Ryan) last week reported temperatures in Savusavu (on the south of Vanua Levu) rising to over 35°C in shallow reefs. Further west …

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Amanda Ford February 14, 2016 April 26, 2017Melanesia, News bleaching, Coral reefs, Fiji, REPICORE

From the field into the lab…

The transition from fieldwork into a laboratory is an interesting one; from days baking in the sun (or soaking in the rain) filled with carrying tanks and diving gear, spending hours underwater and living in a wetsuit to days sitting in a lab, wearing a lab coat, dealing with corrosive …

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Amanda Ford February 14, 2016 May 22, 2017Melanesia, News Coastal ecosystems, Coral reefs, nutrients, REPICORE, water quality

The recruitment tiles are out!

Tiles at our deeper site within the tabu (closed to fishing) area fixed onto pavement and secured at an angle to prevent sedimentation. One of the tiles which was adjusted to contain a microstructure, with 196 holes (1mm deep) on both the top and underside. A coral recruit from within …

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Amanda Ford February 14, 2016 May 22, 2017Melanesia, News coral, Coral reefs, Fiji, recruitment, REPICORE, research, Suva, turf algae

Sandfish studies in Vanua Levu

  In addition to the projects based around Viti Levu, REPICORE has an additional benthic project involving sea cucumbers on Vanua Levu. I (Steven Lee – ISATEC program) have developed this project along with the REPICORE team and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Fiji. This project, based in Natuvu village, …

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Amanda Ford November 1, 2015 May 29, 2017Expeditions, Melanesia, News Coastal ecosystems, Fiji, Sandfish, Sea cucumbers

Marine governance research

Research was conducted in one of the 27 villages on the island of Ovalau – hence sharing a qoliqoli (traditional fishing ground) with four other villages. The village has set up a tabu, in this case a permanent no-take area, stretching from the shore to the reef ten years ago. …

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Janne Rohe August 31, 2015 June 2, 2017Expeditions, Melanesia, News

Suva, Aug. 2015

        We left for Beqa with one day delay, as the weather did not allow for a safe boat passage on Tuesday morning. At this time of the year, the winds blow from the south-east and directly hit the deep passage between Viti Levu and Beqa. Fortunately, …

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Webmaster August 28, 2015 April 26, 2017Expeditions, Melanesia, News
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