FFA and Japan agree new support to Pacific fisheries
HONIARA, 18 April 2019 – Observer training, maritime boundaries and new training initiatives were on the agenda of a high-level meeting in Hon...
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...
ISSF adds three to board of directors, says goodbye to Schumm
Republished from Undercurrent News, 12 April 2019
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), a global coalition of scientists, th...
Republic of the Marshall Islands and SPC sign 2019-2022 Country Programme
MEDIA RELEASE - republished from the Pacific Community, 11 April 2019
The Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Pacific Community have signed a...
Cook Islands and the Forum Fisheries Agency look to strengthen co-operation
Republished from Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
AVARUA, 10 April 2019 — Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director-General (DG) Dr Manu...
Pacific island leaders satisfied with results of Hawaiian tuna meeting
Republished from Undercurrent News, 8 April 2019
Pacific Islands fishery leaders are said to be content with the results of last weekend's Western...
PNA credits fishery management for healthy tuna stocks
Republished from Undercurrent News, 2 April 2019
The Western and Central Pacific tuna stocks are all in healthy condition, according to scientists...
Japan pledges to help Palau’s maritime security
Japan has pledged US$3.6 million in aid to strengthen Palau’s maritime security and fisheries.
Last month in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe me...
Taiwan, Palau forge coast guard cooperation
Taiwan and Palau signed a coast guard cooperation agreement to help police the island nation's conservation area and fight illegal, unreported and u...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...