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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...

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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....

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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 ...

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News17 March 2021

Two fish face local extinction from overfishing in Gizo, says WWF

HONIARA – The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has revealed that some fish species will likely vanish as a result of overfishing in waters near Gizo,...

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News16 March 2021

Tighter controls on the way for plastic pollution in the WCPO

Pacific island countries are behind a study to gauge the amount of plastic waste that is dumped at sea by tuna fishing vessels working in the We...

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News15 March 2021

As seafood disappears from reefs in western Solomons, communities call for government support

HONIARA – In recent times, communities in the Western Province of Solomon Islands have seen a drastic decrease in fish numbers in their common...

News

Featured

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...

Featured

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....

Featured

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 ...

Featured

News17 March 2021

Two fish face local extinction from overfishing in Gizo, says WWF

HONIARA – The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has revealed that some fish species will likely vanish as a result of overfishing in waters near Gizo,...

Featured

News16 March 2021

Tighter controls on the way for plastic pollution in the WCPO

Pacific island countries are behind a study to gauge the amount of plastic waste that is dumped at sea by tuna fishing vessels working in the We...

Featured

News15 March 2021

As seafood disappears from reefs in western Solomons, communities call for government support

HONIARA – In recent times, communities in the Western Province of Solomon Islands have seen a drastic decrease in fish numbers in their common...

News, News1 March 2021

FFA study to enhance monitoring and lower risk of IUU fishing

For the first time, the volume and value of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for tuna is being measured for the whole western and ce...

Media releases

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...

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...

Features

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...

Features9 March 2021

Laughing out loud: ‘Ana Finau Taholo

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

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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