10.7910/DVN/6AME7W Van Der Ploeg, Johan Johan Van Der Ploeg https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7099-4002 WorldFish Tuxson, Teri Teri Tuxson Boso, Delvene Delvene Boso WorldFish Qica, Eitka Eitka Qica Cohen, Philippa Philippa Cohen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9987-1943 WorldFish Govan Hugh Govan Hugh Harvard Dataverse 2019 Social Sciences Civil society Governance Small-scale fisheries Policy Fiji Solomon Islands Vanuatu WorldFish WorldFish WorldFish WorldFish Muliro, Jacquie Jacquie Muliro WorldFish Van Der Ploeg, Johan Johan Van Der Ploeg WorldFish WorldFish 2019 2019-02-28 2019-02-28 2025-02-05 10.7910/DVN/6AME7W/OLU7BZ 10.7910/DVN/6AME7W/XRGDVV 18546 95443 application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet application/pdf 2.4 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. In-shore fisheries play a critical role in the economies of the Pacific Islands. But national governments have been preoccupied with the development and regulation of off-shore tuna fisheries for export. Belatedly, governments in the region are recognizing the importance of coastal fisheries for rural development and food security. In 2015, the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders endorsed the ‘New Song for coastal fisheries’, committing themselves to refocus the efforts of their country’s fisheries agencies. WorldFish and the LMMA network interviewed representatives of civil society organizations in Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Fiji to assess the progress made by the government in reforming coastal fisheries. Solomon Islands Fiji Vanuatu European Union Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat