Fisheries Ministers set course for the future of Pacific tuna fisheries
POHNPEI, 21 June 2019 – This
week, Pacific fisheries Ministers and senior government representatives met in
Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia...
First ever fisheries policy dialogue between the EU and Pacific
POHNPEI, 21 June 2019 -- For the first time in the Pacific region, a policy dialogue between the seventeen (17) Forum Fishery Agency (FFA) Membe...
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NZ Deputy Prime Minister impressed with FFA
HONIARA, 6 June, 2019 – The
Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) welcomed a high level delegation
led by the New Zealand Deputy Prime Minis...
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FFA’s smallest fisheries surveillance Operation still covers an area 22 times the size of New Zealand
HONIARA, 4 June, 2019 – Operation
Tui Moana 2019 is the smallest regional fisheries surveillance operation conducted
by the Pacific Islands Forum F...
No room for complacency in protecting tuna stocks, Pacific ministers say
There was “no room for complacency” in protecting stocks of tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, even though they are currently at sust...
E-monitoring: potential game changer for managing Pacific longline tuna fisheries
Electronic monitoring on board Pacific longline fisheries vessels targeting tuna in the Pacific has a huge potential for improving management of thes...
Pacific Island tuna industry identifies issues and priorities
PITIA Press Release, July 2019 – The Pacific Island Tuna Industry Association (PITIA) held its AGM over two days recently in Nadi, Fiji.
PITIA ...
Pacific ministers commit to ending modern slavery in the region’s fishery
Republished from Radio New Zealand, 1 July 2019
Pacific fisheries ministers have made their strongest commitment yet to ending slavery and poor w...
Australia’s Pacific Fusion Centre to target threats of illegal fishing in the Pacific
Two small island nations in the North Pacific are requesting the Australian government to host the upcoming Pacific Fusion Centre, which can assist N...
New strategic plan to lead Pacific region fisheries
Republished from Department of Forestry and Fisheries, Australian Government, 28 June 2019
A new five year strategic plan has been endorsed by fisheries ministers from across the Pacific region that will prove critical to protecting Australia’s interests and directly support profitable tuna fisheries in our waters.
Assistant Minister for F...
Climate change linked to PNG fishing losses
Republished from Radio New Zealand, 26 June 2019
Papua New Guinea's fisheries sector is losing out because climate change is driving fish away fr...
No room for complacency in protecting tuna stocks, Pacific ministers say
There was “no room for complacency” in protecting stocks of tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, even though they are currently at sust...
Advocate for fair fishing the 2019 seafood champion of the world
A man who is a familiar presence in tuna circles in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, Francisco Blaha, is this year’s SeaWeb Seafood Champion ...
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New changes coming to Palau’s national marine sanctuary law
Proposed amendments to the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act (PNMS) to lift the export ban on pelagic fish and create a corridor to the high seas a...
Pacific fishing nations strengthen rules to protect their tuna and economies
Tougher rules to protect tuna stocks as well as boost struggling Pacific Island economies were the focus of Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Com...
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 ...
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...