Quest for a Natural Currency Standard for Pacific Tuna
Ronald Toito'ona reporting from the Thriving Pacific Workshop
Pacific leaders from fishing agencies, industries and businesses, conservationists an...
Pacific nations’ battle for economic survival: extracting maximum value from tuna resource while protecting the fishery
Economic benefits can come in different forms: royalty returns from selling fishing rights to foreign nations, and providing fish for the domestic mar...
Tuna experts sceptical of Japanese bluefin tuna proposal
Tuna experts are sceptical of Japanese government’s impending proposal to seek an increase in fishing quotas for Pacific bluefin.
The Japanese go...
Fisheries Ministers Appoint First Female Director General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
Press release—republished from Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), 9 July 2018
Forum Fisheries Ministers announced the appointment of t...
The time is now to take action for sustainable tuna stock
The time is ideal for the Western and Central Pacific region to put in measures to ensure robust tuna stocks for the future.
The most recent assess...
Country Web Pages provide Pacific government fisheries agencies with confidential and accessible tuna graphics and data
Every year, the Pacific government fisheries agencies have to provide a report to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). This...
Scientists recommend catch limits for Pacific fishery
Republished from Pacific Island Times, 18 October 2018
Scientists from throughout the Pacific meeting this week in Hilo on the island of Hawai'i ha...
Bangkok tuna prices start leveling off as WCPO fishery restarts
Republished from Undercurrent News, 9 October 2018
After a few consecutive months of increases coinciding with the western central Pacific Ocean (W...
Newly formed Pacific Catalyst looks to nurture new leaders, policies in Pacific Islands
Republished from SeafoodSource, 3 October 2018
A group of educators and professionals led by Transform Aqorau recently announced the formation of P...
Major fisheries meeting opens in Majuro
Republished from Marianas Variety, 27 September 2018
MAJURO — Pacific islands fisheries officials have a big agenda for this week’s Technical ...
Stronger Rules Needed for Widely-Used Tuna Fishing Gear in Pacific Ocean
Republished from The Pew Charitable Trusts, 27 September 2018
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EU fund targets fish laundering in the Pacific
Republished from Radio New Zealand, 10 September 2018
The European Union says its new funding agreement with marine agencies in the Pacific will he...
WCPFC to consider bluefin catch documentation
Republished from SeafoodSource, 7 September 2018
The fourteenth regular session of the Northern Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisher...
Making Progress in Sustainable Oceanic Fisheries—UNDP Pacific Oceanic Fisheries Management II
Republished from IW:LEARN, 22 June 2018
IW:LEARN is the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Netwo...
UNPLUGGED: Impacts of 2018 Tuna Commission measures on Pacific island fisheries
“When you look at the measure [Tropical Tuna Bridging Measure], there’s a series of very strong concessions that FFA members as a group gave to ac...
Thriller in Manila: Popping the Pacific’s US$22 billion ‘tuna bubble’
The two principal priorities for Pacific small island states are climate change and fisheries. One seeks finance and redress from rich developed count...
Conserving the Pacific’s fish stocks
Republished from The Interpreter, 8 December 2017
The western and central Pacific Ocean is home to the world’s most productive tuna fisheries, supplying global markets with canned tuna, sashimi and other tuna products. Industrial catches of skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore are collectively worth approximately US$5.7 billion per year a...
Closing the fisheries loopholes
Authorities battle with e-monitoring
By NETANI RIKA, Pasay City, the Philippines
WHEN the Pacific met its international partners at the 12th Weste...
FFA Pacific nations at forefront of fisheries management: maximize returns and food security
Managing the Pacific’s tuna stock is important in terms of the global marine ecosystem and for Pacific people and their economies. It points to Paci...
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...
Pacific air patrols will do more than combat illegal fishing
By Scott Brady
Protecting fish stocks from illegal fishing is of critical importance to the economy, food security and stability of Pacific Island ...
Talking #TUNAnomics: 3 tips for following the Pacific tuna story.
Working in media and spreading the word on my favourite protein is a bit of a passion rather than a profession. I love everything about tuna, especial...
FFA’s TUNApacific: A new space to talk about tuna for Palau
To attract attention to tuna stories, I'm excited to be part of the new TUNApacific website aimed at bringing issues around tuna closer to our Pacific...
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...
Tuna stock assessment training workshops in Noumea
The participants at this week's tuna stock assessment workshops held at the Pacific Community (SPC) offices in Noumea, New Caledonia.
The Ocean...
Tuna: talk of the town in Manila this week
Tuna is the talk of the town in Manila this week at WCPFC14. But what is the WCPFC?
Published 5 Dec 2017...
Fisheries leader takes global fishing powers to task
Opening remarks at the 14th Regular Session of the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission from Rhea Moss-Christian (WCPFC).
Publis...
FFA lauds improved process of high seas fishing policymaking at WCPFC14
Wez Norris (FFA) talks about, for the first time, looking at opportunities and rights on the high seas for fishery fleets, at the 14th Regular Sessio...
Cooperation and positive outcomes from WCPFC14 work
Rhea Moss-Christian (WCPFC) talks about the positive outcomes and cooperation from the 14th Regular Session of the Western & Central Pacific Fishe...