Web Directory > Pacific > Recreation

• 3 Routes South Pacific scuba diving directory
  This site is part of an international directory of scuba diving operators. It provides information about dive operators throughout the South Pacific. The amount of information varies - from complete and detailed information to providing only name, address and phone details.
  
  
• Forum Fisheries Agency
  The mission of the Forum Fisheries Agency is: "To enable member countries to manage, conserve and use the tuna resources in their exclusive economic zones and beyond, through enhancing national capacity and strengthening regional solidarity". In addition to information about FFA, the site provides information about member countries and their fisheries legislation. It describes the vessel monitoring system (VMS). It also provides information and documents associated with the Multilateral Treaty on Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific Islands and the Government of the United States of America, and the Multilateral High Conferences on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific (MHLC)
  
  
• Oceania Athletic Association
  Website of the OAA offering history, scope and publications. Includes competitions and photo gallery.
  
  
• Oceania National Olympic Committees
  Website of ONOC includes information about the ONOC and the member National Olympic Committees, contact details for Oceania sports federations, a registration form for the ONOC's email newsletter 'Coconut Wireless', and links to relevant websites.
  
  
• Oceania Sport Information Centre
  OSIC is a regional information centre for sports and physical education. The collection can be searched through the USP Library Catalogue. The services, collection and databases are available to the people of the South Pacific region. Includes newsletter OSIC News and older issues of Coconut Wireless.
  
  
• Oceania Sport.com : the Pacific at its best
  Regional information about sports, events and sporting organisations
  
  
• Outrigger sailing canoes
  Describes the outrigger sailing canoes or proas which Gary Dierking has designed and built. Site includes photos, information about the construction processes and plans.
  
  
• Pacific Asia Travel Association
  The Pacific Asia Travel Association is a not-for-profit travel trade association serving government tourist offices, airlines, hotels and other travel-related companies throughout the Pacific Asia region. The PATAnet Web site is a free resource for consumers and travel industry professionals, but some areas of the site are reserved for PATA members only. Includes information about industry events, travel destinations and airlines; news reports and industry updates; a publications catalogue; and a directory of members.
  
  
• Pacific Island lobster fisheries : bonanza or bankruptcy? / Tim Adams and Paul Dalzell
  Explains why Pacific Island lobster is a difficult fishery. Describes the low comparative productivity of non-shelf coral reef ecosystems and the comparatively small areas available for lobsters to live in.
  
  
• Pacific Islands Study Circle
  Club based in Great Britain for collectors of the stamps and postal history of the smaller Pacific islands. Site includes details of stamp auctions, forgeries and examples of stamps and postmarks.
  
  
• South Pacific Games Council
  About the council, a calendar of forthcoming events and the results from past games.
  
  
• South Pacific Tourism Organisation
  Provides information on each of the thirteen member countries which make up the South Pacific Tourism Organisation: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Also includes information on airlines and travel/tour operators. Tourism news items are available.
  
  
• Underwater digital photography : South Pacific
  Underwater photos from Niue, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Vanuatu and Galpagos. Aims to provide a 'feel' for the places.
  
  
• Western Pacific Fishery Management Council : management of fisheries in the exclusive economic zone around the Territory of American Samoa, Territory of Guam, State of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and US Pacific Island possessions
  Policy making organisation for the management of fisheries in the island dependencies of the United States in the Pacific. Includes current press releases, reports and meetings.