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PHOENIX ISLANDS PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN
Chapter II. Methodology
Draft 1 March 2007
CHAPTER II
METHODOLOGY
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1. LITERATURE SEARCH
Phoenix Islands related reports were searched for at a variety of information resources.
These included:
1) Ministry of Fisheries – Tanaea, Tarawa, Kiribati.
2) National Archives – Bikenibeu, Tarawa, Kiribati.
3) Department of Agriculture – Tanaea, Tarawa, Kiribati.
4) Ministry of Line & Phoenix – Bikenibeu, Tarawa, Kiribati.
5) Ministry of Line & Phoenix – Christmas Island, Kiribati.
6) Christmas Island Library – Christmas Island, Kiribati.
7) Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) – Suva, Fiji.
8) Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) – Noumea, New Caledonia
9) FFA – Honiara, Solomon Islands
10) University of Hawaii Hamilton Library – Honolulu, Hawaii.
11) University of Hawaii Sinclair Library – Honolulu, Hawaii.
12) Micronesia Area Resource Center (MARC) – University of Guam, Mangilao,
Guam.
13) South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP) (on-line) –
http://www.sprep.org/publication/moana_library.asp
14) Bishop Museum – Honolulu, Hawaii.
15) National Marine Fisheries Service – Honolulu, Hawaii.
16) University of Guam – Mangilao, Guam
17) University of the South Pacific – Tarawa, Kiribati
18) University of the South Pacific Main Library – Suva, Fiji
19) Robert Johannes Special Collection – University of the South Pacific, Suva,
Fiji.
20) Pacific Islands Marine Resources Information System (PIMRIS) Library –
University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
21) Marshall Islands National Library – Majuro, Marshall Islands
22) College of the Marshall Islands Library – Majuro, Marshall Islands.
In addition, a variety of database services were checked for Phoenix Islands related reports.
These included:
1) Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstract
2) BioOne Abstract Series
3) Abstracts in Anthropology
4) Google Academic – online.
In addition, two bibliographies were identified (for the Phoenix Islands see Krause 1973; for
Kiribati fisheries reports see Gillett et al 1991) and searched for relevant reports. In addition,
general Micronesia bibliographies were searched (see Sachet and Fosberg 1955 and 1971).
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