Our study region is the traditional fishing grounds of four provinces (i.e. Ra, Tailevu, Lomaiviti and Bua) along the coastline of the Vatu-i-Ra Seascape, Fiji. Conservation features were (1) fringing reefs, (2) non-fringing reefs, (3) mangroves, (4) intertidal areas, and (5) other benthic substrata less than 10 m in depth.