Death by slow strangulation By Sheldon Chanel and Shailendra Singh A season ban on coral trout (Donu) was lifted earlier than scheduled this year due to COVID-19 Sheldon Chanel "We never returned empty-handed," he recalls. Lal, 80, lives in a small farming and fishing community, called Tunalia, on Fiji's main island, Viti Levu, in the Southern Pacific. As part of Tunalia's fabric, fish is both an important source of protein and extra income. Tunalia is representative of similar communities across the Fijian archipelago, where fishing holds deep cultural, economic and dietary significance. According to the Pacific marine scientist, Professor Joeli Veitayaki, Fijians have relied on the sea as a food source for centuries.