A lot of the attitude we show and the practices we do comes through the way we were taught as we grew and matured over years. Here, in Chuuk, fishing was one of the many activities done by both men and women. It was and still is part of the Chuukese culture. Though this may be true, we have come to the realization that the methods have become drastically different. Below is a picture of a group of women out fishing. Whether it was for festivities or just for the family, long ago they used to do it in groups. Which made it easier for the people, and didn't cause harm to the resources there because it is fair to say that in the past it was all about subsistence. Today, it is a totally different story. Nowadays it's subsistence plus commercial compounded by the population increases that has now put fish in more demand causing the drastic measures to fishing methods. We have now started using a very different approach to fishing. We now have boats, enabling us to go out further and other fishing tools which makes it easier and faster to catch as many fish as we want and maybe even more. In the end we end up overfishing and put so much of our resources in danger. It is the difference in fishing methods along with the rapid population growth and commercial demand that has now put pressure to the present resources. The challenge today is on how do we maintain the resources we have in order for our future generation to continue the use of them?
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| Before, fishing method with more people and smaller nets |
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| Today, bigger nets (sometimes up to 100ft long) less people easier to do. |
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| The future generation depends on the resources we need as well. |
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