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Fiji Locally Managed Marine Area Network
The Fiji Locally Managed Marine Area Network is a support network for coastal villages managing qoliqoli through locally chosen closures and other rules, monitoring, and partner relationships. A national matched evaluation found stronger participation, knowledge, support, and management mechanisms but few final social outcomes and no effect on perceived reef health; site studies show plan changes and ecological reversals shaped by harvest rules, enforcement, authority, and gendered knowledge.
How can coastal communities restore and govern shared fishing grounds while learning across islands without surrendering local authority to a national template?