Australia steps up Pacific patrol boat program but with more than just Tuna in mind
[caption id="attachment_782" align="aligncenter" width="802"] New Pacific Patrol Boat design[/caption]
Australia’s $2billion over 30 years Pacifi...
Marine surveillance operation involving 4 countries seizes two Filipino vessels in Palau
The recent marine surveillance work that seized two Filipino vessels found in Palau waters underscored the need for government to mobilise its resourc...
Pacific officials agree to a ‘Collective Response’ to fight illegal Vietnamese Blue Boats robbing their reefs
The threat to Pacific island countries posed by illegal Vietnamese Blue Boats is significantly more complex than first thought and would need a “col...
Regional cooperation vital for fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
HONIARA The cooperative work between the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) member countries is vital in the fight against the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU), says the Deputy Director General Wez Norris.
Mr Norris says cooperation is one of the biggest determinants of sustainable fishing in the Pacific region.
He says, w...
New system to help EEZ surveillance: Fiji fisheries minister
SUVA, 28 APRIL 2017 (FBC NEWS) --- The Fisheries Ministry has recently introduced a vessel monitoring system to help in the surveillance of Fiji Exclu...
Pacific countries workshop focus on illegal Vietnamese Blue Boat threat
[caption id="attachment_737" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Two of the three 'blue boats' caught by the Solomon Islands Police in March 2017. Photo ...
NGO support as Pacific fisheries tech platforms gain legal edge
There have been impressive strides made by Pacific countries towards electronic platforms as a collective means to address regional issues faces chall...
Solomon Islands’ strong IUU fishing stance assures EU market
The Solomon Islands has safeguarded its $500 million a year tuna export industry by taking strong measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulat...
‘Blue Boats’ might be roaming and poaching illegally through the Pacific
THERE are possibilities that the controversial ‘Blue boats’ owned by Vietnam might be presently poaching in Pacific Seas unnoticed or untraced.
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Fiji fleet hopes to fish in Tuvalu, Kiribati
By NETANI RIKA - Islands Business magazine
FIJI has started negotiations with Tuvalu and Kiribati for access to valuable fishing grounds in the Nor...
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...
Vietnamese reef robbers- rocking the Pacific boat
Koror, Palau — 'Blue Boats' a phantom fleet of marginally registered fishing vessels, set sail from small villages in Vietnam to venture out and s...
Profiles from the Oceanic Fishery: Rhea Moss-Christian
A real life David and Goliath struggle has unraveled in the Pacific as a young woman from a small island nation takes on the cause of protecting the w...
Reef Robbers: Who’s paying? New pressures for Pacific surveillance from Vietnam’s Blue Boats
Does the Pacific have a system capable of mounting effective surveillance, capture and arrest illegal vessels and operators in its 20million-plus squa...
Pacific’s NTSA- a weapon against illegal fishing
Pacific Forum countries lose an estimated US$153million each year to Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing operators.
In a region where...
Canning the Pacific tuna story
By Samisoni Pareti, Pacific Media@WCPFC13
Dual labels of a blue and white fish and a Pacific Island maiden on a can of tuna market the beautiful ta...
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...
Tuna tagging in the Pacific – Papua New Guinea
A short movie about the latest PNG tuna tagging cruise in Jan-Mar 2012. Project funded by PNG NFA and jointly undertaken with SPC's Oceanic Fisheries ...
Bigeye tuna stocks at all time low in Pacific
Bigeye tuna stocks are down to just 16% of their original population causing concern for fishers and conservationists
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