EFFORTS are now being made to rescue a whale that has been stranded in Dravuwalu, Totoya in Lau over the past three weeks.
Roko Sau of Totoya Island Josefa Cinavilakeba confirmed that a rescue team compromising experts from the Pacific Blue Foundation and the Department of Fisheries will leave Suva for Totoya on Monday.
FIJI should not rely on using petroleum in boats to help conserve the marine bio-diversity and tradition.
Pacific Blue Foundation is not organising the Veitau Waqa (boat race) annually for competition purposes only but also wants to send a message that Fiji should use wind power instead of petroleum.
Pacific Blue Foundation held our fourth Veitau Waqa racing event at Suva City Carpark Foreshore on Saturday, October 6th, and we were pleased to be joined by so many who supported the event. More people came to uphold and celebrate Fijian tradition this year than last, thanks to your excitement and interest.
AN experiment canoe which was put to test for speed, accuracy and efficiency by the Fiji National University’s (FNU) School of Mechanical Engineering won both categories of the Veitau Waqa at the Suva foreshore yesterday.
IN a modern world with the high cost of living and few jobs, the traditional ways of the past are making a comeback.
And one of those traditions making a comeback locally is the art of traditional iTaukei boat building and sailing.
TRADITIONAL boat builders and sailors will take to the waters of the Suva foreshore on Saturday to take part in the Veitau Waqa event as part of a build-up to the Fiji Day celebrations.
Veitau Waqa
Come Share in the Fijian Sailing Cultural Experience!
When: Saturday, 6 October, 2012, 9 am – 4 pm
Where: Suva City Carpark Foreshore
YANUCA ISLAND, FIJI – Sireli Kago, the Serua Province Coordinator for Pacific Blue Foundation, reported that ten sea turtles have been coming onto Wainidubu beach to lay eggs since the end of December, 2011.
SERUA chief Ratu Peni Latianara is concerned about illegal fishing within his province’s traditional fishing grounds.
He said the qoliqoli was a source of life and income for the people of Serua and surrounding areas.
ONE of the best things to happen for people of the tikina (district) of Totoya in Lau was a one-week fisheries community awareness workshop at Tovu from March 8-11.
