Imanaka CBFM · Tabu
Imanaka tabu. Closed.
Closed until the November review. No night netting. Handline outside the point is allowed.
Review · November 2026
Community rules that live only on paper disappear in a cyclone. Tabu belongs on the Hub.
Community-based fisheries management
CBFM room.
Plans, local rules, tabu, MMA, review dates and meeting actions. The committee sees the same record the officer sees. VFD sees status, not every conversation. Every tabu is drawn on the water.
Tabu · Closed
Imanaka tabu
Imanaka CBFM · Review November 2026 · 19.50°S 169.31°E
Closed until the November review. No night netting. Handline outside the point is allowed.
North Tanna CBFM · Tabu
Green Point tabu. Seasonal.
Closed in the turtle months. Handline from the beach is allowed. No spear at night.
Review · March 2027
Port Resolution MMA · Tabu
Sulphur Bay reef tabu. Closed.
Inner reef closed. Size limits on parrotfish still apply on the outer edge.
Review · January 2027
Port Resolution MMA · MMA
Port Resolution MMA. Open with rules.
Community managed. Size limits on parrotfish. Gear restrictions inside the lagoon.
Review · Annual
Tafea co-op · Tabu
West reef rest tabu. Open with rules.
Open to handline. No gillnet on the inner bommies. Rest days posted by the co-op.
Review · June 2027
| Site | Kind | GPS | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenakel landing | Landing | 19.53°S 169.27°E | Main Tafea market day |
| Isangel landing | Landing | 19.54°S 169.28°E | Provincial station landing |
| Imanaka tabu | Tabu | 19.51°S 169.31°E | Closed until November review |
| Green Point tabu | Tabu | 19.36°S 169.35°E | Seasonal turtle-month close |
| Sulphur Bay reef tabu | Tabu | 19.50°S 169.46°E | Inner reef closed |
| West reef rest tabu | Tabu | 19.58°S 169.25°E | Open to handline. No inner gillnet. |
| Port Resolution MMA | MMA | 19.53°S 169.48°E | Community managed |
| Whitesands FAD | FAD | 19.46°S 169.42°E | Offshore aggregation |