I went to Ministry of Fisheries in Mozambique this August. During our conversation they mainly focused on many points, but emphasised a recent problem that is occurring around Bazaruto Island with the artisanal fishers. It was said that the fishers complain that the area where they used to fish has been converted into a conservation area. Now they have not been allocated another area with similar conditions where they can fish and now they are suffering. They sometimes go and catch fish in the conservation area at night because they live close to the sea and do not have any other alternative livelihoods but they get caught. The Ministry of Fisheries is now working with the fishermen so they can fish a little closer to the Island. In fact the this proposal has been accepted but there is still a long way to go for it to be implemented. The fishers have said if there are given equipment to fish they would fish in areas further from the Island but only a few fishers have boats in good condition. The local material they have to build boats does not help much therefore they need boats from elsewhere. My question is therefore, do you think this strategy of giving fisher boats will help both local fishers and the conservation of the marine resources around Bazaruto Island? If so, are there any success stories that the DLIST community can share?