Tuna Commission ended with positive measures in place
The Western Central and Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) ended on a positive note with several measures that will ensure that tuna stocks continue...
Pacific fisheries leaders highlight Tuna Commission action
Honolulu 14 December 2018 — Pacific Islands fisheries leaders expressed satisfaction with the actions taken this week by the Western and Central Pac...
Livelihoods on the line as Pacific nations unite to fight for albacore tuna industry
WCPFC15, Honolulu, Hawaii, 12 December 2018— Albacore tuna is a vital resource for many Pacific nations but many domestic longline interests are be...
FFA push for Tropical Tuna measure to be maintained: WCPFC negotiations reach a critical stage
HONOLULU, 13 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)----- Members of the 17-nation Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) will push for the Tropical Tuna measu...
New push to protect sharks at Tuna Commission
Another push is being made at Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meetings this week for an agreement on a comprehensive shark m...
Nations to decide on critical Pacific tuna stocks this week
Honolulu, Hawaii- The 27 nation members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) will meet this week to make decisions on cr...
FFA supports proposals by WCPFC to establish scientific dialogue Forum
HONOLULU, 11 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)---- The region’s Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has expressed support to the proposals put forward by Western an...
‘Tuna diplomacy’ is one of the game-changers for the Pacific.
Tuna has shaped regional politics and influenced the relationship between Pacific Islands States and major trading partners including China, Japan, Un...
Palau says it will continue to address Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing
Small island nations like Palau are leading the charge in a raft of regional programs such as addressing one Pacific challenge - Illegal, Unreporte...
Labour standards push hopes for thumbs up from Tuna Commission
Building on the success of their support for Observer safety at the 2016 Pacific Tuna Commission session in Nadi, Forum Fisheries countries are gunning for the 15th session in Honolulu this week to pass a resolution aimed at ending any cruel and unfair treatment of crew members on fishing vessels.
The non-binding resolution on Labour standards ...
Pacific nations warned of threat to sovereignty from Distant Water Fishing Nations
HONOLULU, 13 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)---- Papua New Guinea’s Fisheries Industry Association has warned delegates at the Tuna Commission to ensure their national interests are protected from the threat posed by Distant Water Fishing Nations (DWFNs) wanting to extend the jurisdiction of fishing rules.
Chairman Sylvester Pokajam said members of ...
Japan does not support US big-eye proposal at Tuna Commission
Japan believes that the US proposal to increase its bigeye catch limit is not fair.
The proposal would reward countries for better than minimum ob...
Japan seeks to continue fishing in Palau waters
Japan stressed the importance of its relationship with the Pacific, with most of the big scale fishing by the Japanese being centered in Pacific nations' water.
Head of Delegation for Japan Shingo Ota, speaking at the Tuna Commission meeting in Honolulu said they were concerned about 20 small-scale longliners from Okinawa prefecture operating ...
Japan speaks out on ‘unfair’ US proposal
Japan said that the United States proposal to that the Tuna Commission increase its catch-quota on for bigeye tuna is “unfair,”
“I think the US is picking up only limited factors which are in favour of their operations. So, I think it is unfair,” the Head of Delegation for Japan Shingo Ota told reporters at the Tuna Commission meeting....
FSM taps into technology for full tuna transparency
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is tapping into the latest high-tech surveillance technology to be its eyes on the vessels to monitor fishin...
Diplomatic dance around Japanese delicacy
IN the Japanese port of Ishigaki, the longline fleet has braced for the impact of the decision of a tiny Pacific state to ban fishing in its waters fr...
Shark fins worse than their bite at tuna talks
AS Pacific nations gathered at Waikiki to talk about fisheries conservation methods last week, Japanese fishermen were charged with trafficking shark ...
Regionalism critical for strengthening fisheries solidarity in Pacific
HONOLULU, 11 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)---- With claims and counter claims by global powers that the Pacific is their strategic‘ sphere’ of influence, sub regionalism has been touted as the best way of cooperation to address complex fisheries issues for members of WPFC.
Tuna has shaped regional politics and influenced the relationship between ...
Pacific steps up its fight against illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing with call to powerful fishing nations
HONOLULU, 10 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)-----The two largest fisheries organisations in the Pacific have joined forces to ramp up work to mitigate Illega...
INDUSTRY PROFILE ISSUE 6/2018
An Interview with Pamela Maru Fisheries Management Adviser, Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Solomon Islands. Effective January 2019, Pa...
Quest for a Natural Currency Standard for Pacific Tuna
Ronald Toito'ona reporting from the Thriving Pacific Workshop
Pacific leaders from fishing agencies, industries and businesses, conservationists an...
The types of states in a catch documentation scheme
Republished from Francisco Blaha's blog, 14 March 2018
by Francisco Blaha
I promised that I would slowly digest and post parts of...
Solomons makes $399M from tuna alone, in 2017
THE Solomon Islands government has earned a record $399 million Solomon Island Dollar (SBD) from its tuna resources in 2017, the Ministry of Fisheries...
#WCPFC15 POSTCARDS: BACK TO THE BREAD AND BUTTER ISSUES – Eugene Pangelinan, Executive Director, National Oceanic Resources Management Authority, FSM
This is WCPFC 15, and it's number 15 for me. That's the nature of my job, like any other Fisheries manager here. It's to make sure the decisions of th...
#WCPFC15 Postcards: BETWEEN OCEAN AND LAND- TUNA’s SEABIRD CONNECTION- Karen Baird, Oceania Regional Coordinator, Birdlife International
What's my Tuna Commission why? My passion for maritime advocacy comes from a love for albatrosses and seabirds. I grew up in a country where we have m...
#WCPFC15 Postcards: SWIMMING WITH THE FISH- Charleston (Charlie) Deiye, CEO Fisheries, Nauru
This Tuna T-shirt? It started as a doodle, and it's not a tuna.It's something created while I listened to everyone during a meeting. I doodle away whi...
#WCPFC15 Postcards: CONSENSUS THROUGH COMPROMISE- Feleti Tulafono, Fisheries Director, Tokelau
I've been working in Fisheries for seven years, and I think it's mainly because of my interest in this work that I'm still here, at my fourth Tuna Com...
New Director General of Forum Fisheries Agency starts
Congratulations Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen, on her assumption of duties as the new Director-General of the Forum Fisheries Agency in Honiara A milestone...
SPC scientist presents at the Infofish Tuna 2018 conference and exhibition, Thailand
Valerie Allain, Senior Fisheries Research Scientist (ecosystem and climate change) at Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) presented her researc...