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This IMMA encompasses coastal and offshore waters of the main group of the Solomon islands. Overall knowledge on marine mammal populations in the area remains scarce but dedicated surveys have highlighted an important diversity of species.

Vanuatu was o of 8 developing countries to take part in this project from 2014-2018. Distribution and threats to dugongs were updated using the CMS dugong catch/by catch questionnaire survey.

Dugong conservation status, estimated numbers and threats in the Pacific basin. Dugong movement and connectivity and advances in some key monitoring tools.

the using of drones to detect dugongs and assess densities. Using satellite telemetry to study movements and habitat use. First deployments of a multi-sensor high resolution CATs tag.

Improved information and data on seagrass and dugong through CMS questionnaires, mapping and awareness raising. Some places dugongs are revered tribal totems and have cultural stories attached to them. As such they are not eaten.

State of the population (dugong) one of the biggest dugong population in the world, but with only hundreds of individual remaining. An isolated and vulnerable population

The issue occurs wherever whales and passive gear overlap. That the frequency is widely and often severely under-estimated. It is a welfare and conservation issue recommended that better data collection prevention and capacity building

Threats to sharks and rays, major threat to sharks and rays globally in unregulated fishing (including legal as well as illegal fishing). Habitat loss and modification - impacts coastal and freshwater species (barriers to migration)

To document, promote and enhance the social, cultural, economic, biological, and ecological values of sharks and rays for Indo-Pacific communities, both now and for future generations

Catch and trade regulation, transparency, reporting and CITES state responsibilities. Global catch, unless otherwise specified the term 'sharks' refers to all species of sharks, skates, rays and ghost sharks (Class Chondrichthyes)