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Features18 December 2020

Salt fish trade gains new popularity in Solomons as pandemic grip lingers

With the recent rise in popularity of the ‘salt fish’ trade in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara, fresh fish and tuna vendors in the city ma...

Featured

News, News16 December 2020

WCPFC17 members agree on way to negotiate new Tropical Tuna Measure in 2021

A process for negotiating a new Tropical Tuna Measure has been agreed by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), paving the way...

Featured

News, News15 December 2020

IATTC leaves tropical tuna unmanaged as meeting fails to reach consensus by one vote

By Chris Chase, republished from SeafoodSource, 8 December 2020 The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) has failed to reach a cons...

Featured

Features14 December 2020

How the Pacific fisheries sector managed to navigate COVID-19

In a year like no other, the work to harvest and sustainably manage the world’s largest tuna fishery in the Western Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) ha...

Featured

News, News10 December 2020

WCPFC17 expects to carry over vital Tropical Tuna Measure in this year’s virtual meeting

The virtual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission kicked off this week with one of the anticipated positive outcomes being ...

Featured

News, News9 December 2020

Set in stone: 2021 rules and regulations for tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

The collapse of negotiations to regulate and manage tuna stocks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean last week is cause for international concern. The ens...

News

Featured

News, News16 December 2020

WCPFC17 members agree on way to negotiate new Tropical Tuna Measure in 2021

A process for negotiating a new Tropical Tuna Measure has been agreed by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), paving the way...

Featured

News, News15 December 2020

IATTC leaves tropical tuna unmanaged as meeting fails to reach consensus by one vote

By Chris Chase, republished from SeafoodSource, 8 December 2020 The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) has failed to reach a cons...

Featured

News, News10 December 2020

WCPFC17 expects to carry over vital Tropical Tuna Measure in this year’s virtual meeting

The virtual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission kicked off this week with one of the anticipated positive outcomes being ...

Featured

News, News9 December 2020

Set in stone: 2021 rules and regulations for tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

The collapse of negotiations to regulate and manage tuna stocks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean last week is cause for international concern. The ens...

News, News8 December 2020

WCPFC to consider rollover of tropical tuna measure in upcoming virtual meeting

Republished from SeafoodSource, 4 December 2020 The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) will hold its regular annual...

News, News24 November 2020

WCPO bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks remain healthy

Republished from FFA Trade and Industry News, volume 13, issue 4, July–August 2020 WCPFC’s 16th Scientific Committee (SC16) was held virt...

News, News11 November 2020

2020 tuna research at sea conducted, but cut back to follow COVID-19 rules

Two important tuna research trips have gone ahead in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) this year, although the research programs and the r...

Media releases

Media releases, News3 November 2020

Enormous fisheries surveillance effort by FFA and members: media release

Honiara, 28 October 2020 – One of the largest maritime surveillance operation in the world, Operation Kurukuru, concludes on Friday,...

Media releases, News3 November 2020

FFA thanks Solomon Islands Government for its support during pandemic: media release

Honiara, 20 October 2020 – The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency has expressed its gratitude to the Solomon Islands Government for its as...

Media releases, News14 September 2020

Commitment to enhanced cooperation between FFA and RSIPF: media release

Honiara, 10 September 2020 – A visit by executive officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to the Pacific Islands Forum...

Media releases, News7 September 2020

Pacific cooperation ensures fisheries continue despite COVID-19: media release

Honiara, 4 September 2020 – Member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) are actively working together to mitigate the...

Media releases, News7 September 2020

Coordination and commitment during regional fisheries surveillance operation: media release

Honiara, 3 September 2020 – A fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance operation in the Pacific concludes this week, with excellent coop...

Features

Featured

Features18 December 2020

Salt fish trade gains new popularity in Solomons as pandemic grip lingers

With the recent rise in popularity of the ‘salt fish’ trade in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara, fresh fish and tuna vendors in the city ma...

Featured

Features14 December 2020

How the Pacific fisheries sector managed to navigate COVID-19

In a year like no other, the work to harvest and sustainably manage the world’s largest tuna fishery in the Western Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) ha...

Features24 November 2020

New technologies promise monitoring breakthrough for transhipment at sea

Republished from FFA Trade and Industry News, volume 13, issue 4, July–August 2020 Technologies such as vessel monitoring systems, onboard ...

Features5 August 2020

More deaths on fishing vessels highlight lax approach by operators

Recent deaths on tuna-fishing vessels operating in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) have again signalled the need to improve safety and w...

Features1 July 2020

Western and Central Pacific banks on SPC specimen collection

One of the most important tools in understanding the biology and environment of tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean is a bank. This part...

Features30 June 2020

Malaitans reap benefits from conserving marine areas

HONIARA – Communities along the coastline of Malaita Province have transformed degraded natural environments in recent years – and have...

Features1 June 2020

Solomons province begins work to develop Russell Islands fisheries

HONIARA – The Central Islands Province (CIP) of Solomon Islands has commenced work to develop the fisheries sector in the Russell Islands grou...

The tuna picture

Photography, The tuna picture25 June 2020

FAD launches in Malaita to support incomes during COVID-19 restrictions

This group of Malaita residents is preparing to release a fish-aggregating device (FAD) at Uhu in the West Are’are area of Solomon Islands' Malaita...

Photography8 June 2020

Ferry route an economic lifeline for Russell Islanders

Over the years, the Gizo–Honiara ferry has provided an economic lifeline for the fishing community of the Russell Islands. This ship is moored at t...

Photography, The tuna picture1 May 2020

Long hours ahead to unload tons of tuna

In much of the world it’s Labour Day, and we salute the workers who crew the tuna fishing vessels. These two fishers from a purse-seine crew are st...

The tuna picture, Videos21 April 2020

Accuracy and speed needed to prepare tuna for same-day delivery around the world

The people who cut up tuna at the Marshall Islands Fishing Venture (MIFV) processing facility in Majuro make it look easy – but there’s a lot of ...

Photography, The tuna picture1 April 2020

Experiments with hanging crane scales could lead to faster transhipping: postcard from Majuro

A small project to test four types of electronic crane scales may grow into a transhipping process that benefits crews, skippers, vessel managers, sc...

Photography, The tuna picture30 March 2020

Mending the nets a challenging job: postcard from Noro

Mending fishing nets is no easy task when the net is from a purse-seiner and may be up to 3,000 metres long and 300–400 metres deep, and weigh 6 to...

FFA Media Fellows past events

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, News16 December 2019

Climate change resolution tops list of wins for Pacific nations at 16th Tuna Commission meeting

Article highlights: Climate change resolution adoptedconservation management measures (CMM) endorsed on the non-target species of mobulid rays and...

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, News13 December 2019

New protection for threatened manta and mobula rays in Pacific waters

PORT MORESBY – The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) took a major step in helping to protect “threatened” manta and...

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, News12 December 2019

Tuna Commission adopts FFA climate-change resolution

Republished from Radio New Zealand, 12 December 2019 PORT MORESBY – The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) is taking ...

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, Media releases, News11 December 2019

Landmark FFA resolution on climate change adopted by WCPFC16: media release

PORT MORESBY, 11 December 2019 – A landmark Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) resolution on climate change has been adopted by the ...

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, News11 December 2019

Tuna Commission endorses work plan to manage South Pacific albacore sustainably

PORT MORESBY, 11 December 2019 – One of the positive outcomes from the just-ended 16th annual Tuna Commission meeting is the adoption of the South ...

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, News11 December 2019

Tuna commission adopts climate change resolution, recognises impact of climate change on fisheries

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) today adopted a landmark Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) resolution that ta...

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, News11 December 2019

Tuna Commission moves to protect seabirds from bycatch

Republished from Radio New Zealand, 11 December 2019 The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission has moved to further safeguard seabirds ...

@WCPFC16

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, News16 December 2019

Climate change resolution tops list of wins for Pacific nations at 16th Tuna Commission meeting

Article highlights: Climate change resolution adoptedconservation management measures (CMM) endorsed on the non-target species of mobulid rays and...

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, News13 December 2019

New protection for threatened manta and mobula rays in Pacific waters

PORT MORESBY – The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) took a major step in helping to protect “threatened” manta and...

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, News12 December 2019

Tuna Commission adopts FFA climate-change resolution

Republished from Radio New Zealand, 12 December 2019 PORT MORESBY – The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) is taking ...

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, Media releases, News11 December 2019

Landmark FFA resolution on climate change adopted by WCPFC16: media release

PORT MORESBY, 11 December 2019 – A landmark Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) resolution on climate change has been adopted by the ...

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, News11 December 2019

Tuna Commission endorses work plan to manage South Pacific albacore sustainably

PORT MORESBY, 11 December 2019 – One of the positive outcomes from the just-ended 16th annual Tuna Commission meeting is the adoption of the South ...

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, News11 December 2019

Tuna commission adopts climate change resolution, recognises impact of climate change on fisheries

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) today adopted a landmark Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) resolution that ta...

@WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, News11 December 2019

Tuna Commission moves to protect seabirds from bycatch

Republished from Radio New Zealand, 11 December 2019 The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission has moved to further safeguard seabirds ...

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