On the 13-15 October 2015, the Department of Fisheries and the Civil Society Forum of Tonga convened a nation-wide “lessons learned” conference on marine Special Management Areas in Ha’apai, Tonga, supported by the MACBIO Project.
There were 65 participants including community representative from across all the island groups.
The main findings, challenges and successes, as well as lessons learned are presented in this report, which is published in Tongan to be feedback to the involved communities. The report also includes an executive summary in English.