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Features11 May 2021

How we know how much tuna there is and whether fishing is sustainable

The peoples of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) can celebrate having the healthiest stocks of tuna in the world. It doesn’t ha...

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News, News4 May 2021

Papua New Guinea tuna-fishing efforts uninterrupted by COVID-19

Bernadette Carreon writes in SeafoodSource, 3 May 2021 The Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea said its Marine Stewardship Council-certified t...

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Media releases, News4 May 2021

Pacific youth lead the conversation with Teen Tuna Tok on World Tuna Day: media release

HONIARA and NOUMEA, 2 May 2021 –Amplifying the voices of young Pacific people and addressing their questions and concerns is at the heart of t...

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The tuna picture, Videos3 May 2021

World Tuna Day 2021: A focus on protecting Palau’s National Marine Sanctuary

Palau is building its capacity to ensure a consistent supply of tuna to its own people. Most tuna fished in Palau’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ...

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News27 April 2021

Women play a crucial role in ocean governance

Statement by Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen, the Director-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), at the SPC 14th Triennial Conferenc...

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News, News27 April 2021

Pacific Islands Forum leaders ocean statement 2021

From the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner We, the Pacific Island Forum leaders, representing the Blu...

News

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News, News4 May 2021

Papua New Guinea tuna-fishing efforts uninterrupted by COVID-19

Bernadette Carreon writes in SeafoodSource, 3 May 2021 The Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea said its Marine Stewardship Council-certified t...

Featured

Media releases, News4 May 2021

Pacific youth lead the conversation with Teen Tuna Tok on World Tuna Day: media release

HONIARA and NOUMEA, 2 May 2021 –Amplifying the voices of young Pacific people and addressing their questions and concerns is at the heart of t...

Featured

News27 April 2021

Women play a crucial role in ocean governance

Statement by Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen, the Director-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), at the SPC 14th Triennial Conferenc...

Featured

News, News27 April 2021

Pacific Islands Forum leaders ocean statement 2021

From the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner We, the Pacific Island Forum leaders, representing the Blu...

News, News7 April 2021

Tuna numbers healthy, but WCPO needs harvest controls, says ISSF

The tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) are in better shape than those of other oceans, a report just published by the Int...

News, News31 March 2021

Tonga’s Ocean Plan set for 2021 start

NUKU’ALOFA – Tongan officials expect to take the country’s Ocean Plan to cabinet this year after the initial plan was postponed....

News, News30 March 2021

High fees to sell tuna at Gizo force fishers into unsustainable reef fishing

HONIARA – High market fees imposed on tuna vendors at the Gizo Fish Market, in the Western Province of Solomon Islands, are forcing more tuna ...

Media releases

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Media releases, News4 May 2021

Pacific youth lead the conversation with Teen Tuna Tok on World Tuna Day: media release

HONIARA and NOUMEA, 2 May 2021 –Amplifying the voices of young Pacific people and addressing their questions and concerns is at the heart of t...

Media releases, News19 January 2021

Pacific tuna fishery protections in place for 2021: media release

Honiara, 21 December 2020 – Pacific Island countries have worked with fishing nations to secure crucial protection measures next year for...

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...

Features

Featured

Features11 May 2021

How we know how much tuna there is and whether fishing is sustainable

The peoples of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) can celebrate having the healthiest stocks of tuna in the world. It doesn’t ha...

Features10 March 2021

More than a job: Latishia Maui-Mataora

FFA’s Moana Voices series on women shaping the future of oceanic fisheries is edited, researched and produced by Lisa Williams. This ...

Features10 March 2021

Living the dream: Joyce Samuelu Ah-Leong

FFA’s Moana Voices series on women shaping the future of oceanic fisheries is edited, researched and produced by Lisa Williams. This interview fo...

Features10 March 2021

Defending our rights and our fish: Camille Movick-Inatio

FFA’s Moana Voices series on women shaping the future of oceanic fisheries is edited, researched and produced by Lisa Williams. This interview f...

Features10 March 2021

Pacific Ocean’s hidden figure: Sangaalofa Tooki Clark

FFA’s Moana Voices series on women shaping the future of oceanic fisheries is edited, researched and produced by Lisa Williams. This inte...

Features10 March 2021

The sea a home away from home: Rachael Luru

FFA’s Moana Voices series on women shaping the future of oceanic fisheries is edited, researched and produced by Lisa Williams. This inte...

Features9 March 2021

Protecting the global commons: Ngedikes Olai Uludong

FFA’s Moana Voices series on women shaping the future of oceanic fisheries is edited, researched and produced by Lisa Williams. This interview f...

The tuna picture

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The tuna picture, Videos3 May 2021

World Tuna Day 2021: A focus on protecting Palau’s National Marine Sanctuary

Palau is building its capacity to ensure a consistent supply of tuna to its own people. Most tuna fished in Palau’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ...

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...

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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