The
history of lagoon fisheries management shows in two
instances that there is a demand to improve fisheries
management by local fishers. First, during the 1981–1994
periods, fishers organized themselves and demanded three
different gear restrictions, which were approved by the
Department of Fisheries (DoF) and helped to restore the
Lagoon’s stocks. Second, facing a lack of enforcement by
provincial and central governments, local commune and
district levels organized themselves into groups to patrol the
Lagoon in 1995