Update: 8:35PM THE Tavualevu iQoliqoli Committee has banned the fishing of the Camouflage Grouper (kasala) after they realised it was being overfished.

The  iQoliqoli Committee worked with the Fisheries Department and the World Wildlife Fund Pacific to conduct a survey in Tavualevu which determiend the species was dwindling. 

WWF Pacific coastal fisheries officer Laitia Tamata Jnr presented the results of the length based spawning per recruit (LB-SPR) survey to  the people of Tavualevu. 

The iQoliqoli owners have decided to implement the ban for a year. 

The committee will work with the Fisheries Department to include the banning of the fish species being caught as part of its fishing license conditions.