Le Vanuatu côté océan: La révolution bleue et les premières années de l'indépendance

Abstract

A very ambitious fisheries development policy, targeting, both pelagic and demersal resources, was conducted during the early years of the Walter Lini government. Its aims were to strengthen the country's food security and economic self reliance and to diversify the cash economy in the islands. Due to the size of the new economic space and the yields of the new fishing gears, this policy may be related to a blue revolution. This last one has finally resulted in failure. After the closure of the spfc in Santo, Vanuatu authorities have been unable to structure a national tuna fleet or attract foreign investors. The program of artisanal fisheries' development was also a failure after an initial time of sucess. Without strong technical support, too many fishing groups never reached profitability.