{"id":220,"date":"2022-01-13T21:55:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T21:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/?p=220"},"modified":"2022-01-20T20:13:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T20:13:17","slug":"fiji-woman-hopes-she-can-pass-on-fishing-traditions-to-her-son-despite-challenges-of-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/2022\/01\/13\/fiji-woman-hopes-she-can-pass-on-fishing-traditions-to-her-son-despite-challenges-of-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiji woman hopes she can pass on fishing traditions to her son despite challenges of climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Paea Halatanu Nawaqatabu<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Maraia Manafau, 24, has sold fish at the market in Suva, Fiji for the past decade. She and her husband, who have three children, get their fish from deep-sea divers and coastal net fishermen and sell them through their business Matanicagi Enterprise, which means \u201cdirection of the wind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio alignright\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/Paea_Final_01.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Listen to Maraia Manafau&#8217;s story<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Manafau has seen firsthand the effects of climate change through the fish she sells. Over the years she\u2019s observed divers and coastal fishermen catch smaller-sized fish because of pollution and other negative impacts of climate change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill has-white-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-1-1024x768.jpg);background-position:69% 33%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-356 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">\u201cYou can see the rubbish coming down [the creek]&#8230; The new divers will go and dive, any fish that go across they&#8217;ll like, kill it and they&#8217;ll bring it onshore. I think that&#8217;s why normally fish nowadays are getting smaller. It&#8217;s not going to be improved because it&#8217;s supposed to bring only the size you know the good size one. Only the small ones are coming into their nets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Maraia Manafau<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">Left: Maraia Manafau stands at her fish stall with bags of fish offcuts and sardine fish she bought from Factory Golden Ocean, selling them at an affordable price to consumers. <em>Photo by Paea Nawaqatabu<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Manafau is one of nearly 900,000 residents living in Fiji experiencing the impacts of climate change despite the Pacific Island not being a major contributor to it.&nbsp; As the temperatures of the ocean change, fish stocks are forced to migrate to areas for \u201cnormal\u201d temperatures. Fiji also continues to be heavily affected by natural disasters. At the time of this interview, the most recent Tropical Cyclone Cody, moved away from Fiji but caused heavy flooding and power outages in the western division.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manafau and her family have witnessed those changes in climate through the years. They are part of a lineage known as \u201cpeople of the water,\u201d originating from the outer islands. Her parents also sold fish, her uncle was a deep-sea diver, and her second son wants to become a diver when he grows up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her son\u2019s dreams may very well be impacted by the change in the climate.<br><br>\u201cMy son, he&#8217;ll be a diver, because he just loves fishing. He just loves being on the side of the river and the creeks,\u201d she said. \u201c&#8230;At home whatever he does he just loves fishing\u2026 that&#8217;s what he loves the most. So whatever he wants in life, we&#8217;ll just have to prepare for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Maraia Manafau keeps flies away from her fish. She goes to the market every Monday to Saturday and sells at least 10 bundles of fresh fish from the sea if they&#8217;re lucky. Nowadays, she also sells bags of offcut fish and bags of sardines from Factory Golden Ocean as seen in the photo. <em>Photo by Paea Nawaqatabu<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/01\/NextGen-Paea-3.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Maraia Manafau sells a bag of fish offcuts and bags of sardines at an affordable price to a customer. Over the years, she has seen the sizes of parrot fish and mackerel tuna decrease. <em>Photo by Paea Nawaqatabu<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maraia Manafau, 24, has seen the effects of climate change firsthand as a fish seller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usp.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}