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Media releases25 May 2020

FFA continues to monitor fishing amidst COVID-19 situation: media release

HONIARA, 22 May 2020 – As Pacific nations face the threat of coronavirus to their health and economic growth, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries ...

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Features22 May 2020

A fresh vision to take Solomons tuna fishery into a bright future

HONIARA – Although tuna has helped grow the Solomon Islands economy by bringing in jobs and government revenue, the country needs a ...

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Features14 May 2020

On World Tuna Day, the Pacific states focus on flourishing

HONIARA – The small island developing states (SIDS) of the Pacific celebrated this year’s World Tuna Day on 2 May with a virtual dialogue wi...

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News, News6 May 2020

Wallis and Futuna counts FADs washed up on its coasts

Wallis and Futuna is counting the number of lost and stranded fish-aggregating devices (FADs) that wash up on its coasts so it can calculat...

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News, News1 May 2020

Positives of COVID-19 for the WCPO tuna supply chain

HONIARA – Despite the threat of COVID-19 to global tuna production, production chains in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean have continued ...

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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...

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Media releases25 May 2020

FFA continues to monitor fishing amidst COVID-19 situation: media release

HONIARA, 22 May 2020 – As Pacific nations face the threat of coronavirus to their health and economic growth, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries ...

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News, News6 May 2020

Wallis and Futuna counts FADs washed up on its coasts

Wallis and Futuna is counting the number of lost and stranded fish-aggregating devices (FADs) that wash up on its coasts so it can calculat...

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News, News1 May 2020

Positives of COVID-19 for the WCPO tuna supply chain

HONIARA – Despite the threat of COVID-19 to global tuna production, production chains in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean have continued ...

News, News21 April 2020

Solomons to boost digital compliance to make Noro an “e-port”

HONIARA – In an effort to step up monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) efforts to improve the management of its tuna fisheries, Sol...

News, News17 April 2020

COVID-19 threatens Solomon Islands’ global tuna industry

HONIARA, 17 April 2020 – Solomon Islands is facing an economic crisis: with the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic, the prognosis f...

News, News27 March 2020

Malaita communities benefit from FADs to sustain fishing grounds

HONIARA, 27 March 2020 – WITH the increasing threats of climate change on local fishing grounds of coastal communities around Malaita Province in S...

News, News27 March 2020

Solomons’ second tuna cannery at Bina Harbour a government priority

HONIARA, 27 March 2020 – Solomon Islands may soon have its second tuna cannery as initial work on the Bina Harbour project takes off. The harbou...

Media releases

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Media releases25 May 2020

FFA continues to monitor fishing amidst COVID-19 situation: media release

HONIARA, 22 May 2020 – As Pacific nations face the threat of coronavirus to their health and economic growth, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries ...

Media releases, News, News26 March 2020

Extraordinary surveillance with Operation Rai Balang in the Pacific: media release

Honiara, 26 March 2020 – On Friday, the Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) closes the two-week fisheries surveillance activity, Operation...

@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, Media releases, News4 December 2019

Media release: FFA takes climate change and a big agenda to WCPFC16

PORT MORESBY, 4 December 2019 – Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) members have developed a comprehensive list of priorities for the 16th...

Media releases, News25 November 2019

FFA welcomes the Prince of Wales to headquarters: media release

HONIARA, 25 November 2019 – The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) today hosted His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, on a visit ...

Media releases, News27 October 2019

Media Release: FFA leads one of largest maritime surveillance operations to end illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing

HONIARA, 25 October 2019 – The Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) lead Operation Kurukuru is one of the largest maritime surveillance oper...

Features

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Features22 May 2020

A fresh vision to take Solomons tuna fishery into a bright future

HONIARA – Although tuna has helped grow the Solomon Islands economy by bringing in jobs and government revenue, the country needs a ...

Featured

Features14 May 2020

On World Tuna Day, the Pacific states focus on flourishing

HONIARA – The small island developing states (SIDS) of the Pacific celebrated this year’s World Tuna Day on 2 May with a virtual dialogue wi...

Features27 April 2020

Give a thought for the workers who put tuna on your plate

Meet Salim. He works on a purse-seiner flagged to a distant-water fishing nation operating in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. You may...

Features6 April 2020

Skilled fisheries officers a critical part of effective port state measures, as Marshall Islands charge shows

There is a lot written by many fisheries organisations in the world about the port state measure (PSM), from the FAO PSM Agreement, to the WCPFC PSM ...

Features27 February 2020

Solomon Islands, Fiji to benefit from One Ocean Hub

HONIARA, 27 February 2020 – Solomon Islands and Fiji are expected to benefit from the One Ocean Hub (OOH) research program that rece...

Features17 February 2020

China eyes Solomons tuna

HONIARA, 17 February 2020 – China says it is prepared to strengthen the tuna industry of Solomon Islands and help the tiny Pacific I...

Features12 February 2020

Nearly 17,000 tuna tagged in latest research cruise

More than 16,600 tuna were tagged in a recent scientific tagging expedition in ocean generally north of Papua New Guinea. The voyage targeted skip...

The tuna picture

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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...

The tuna picture17 December 2019

Rays to be released while still in the water: postcard from WCPFC16

Tuna fishers will have to do everything they can to save rays, including the magnificent manta ray, that are unintentionally caught during fishing op...

The tuna picture17 December 2019

Handling seabirds so they survive: postcard from WCPFC16

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has introduced updated advice on how to handle seabirds caught on longline hooks so...

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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