Isaako Fiti and his younger brother plus nephew have a Saturday routine of waking up early in the morning and strolling the shores of Saleimoa hoping for a bountiful catch.

You can spot them on Saturday mornings on the side of the road when driving down to Saleimoa as they throw their net onto the shallow water and hope for a catch to bring home to their father and hopefully Sunday to'ona'i.

Mr. Fiti said his father always has a craving for fish and given the fact that it is so expensive they just hope that they can catch it in their own waters.

"We thought we would just fish on our shores and whatever we can get, that's our catch for our father and if there is enough, we can use it to help with our Sunday to'ona'i," he told Samoa Observer in an interview. "We started this when we were younger, especially me before these two (younger brother and nephew) were born because my father is always craving fish.

"As I said I was the only one who could get it because the rest are older than me and they work all the time.

"So this is my life every Saturday now. It used to be any day when I was younger because I had no job and now, I have a job so every Saturday, I come out here and fish because it's the only day I am free to do so."

Mr. Fiti's Saturday routine may seem difficult but he is enjoying it, saying it is good exercise every Saturday morning, and he is also teaching his younger brother and nephew how to fish.

And because they fish only in the shallows, most of the time they get small fish in their net and it is one thing Mr. Fiti is trying to teach the younger ones and that is for them to save the small fish and throw them back to the ocean.

"I'm always reminding them that if we want more fish in the future, we have to save those small fish if we catch them by throwing them back into the water," he added. 

The young optimistic Faleasiu youth is a carpenter but he is optimistic about the future of Samoa's marine and coral reefs and believes Samoa will again depend on the sea for means of survival and earning.