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Tuna Commission adopts FFA climate-change resolution

Categories @WCPFC16, FFA Media Fellows past events, News, NewsPosted on 12 December 2019
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Republished from Radio New Zealand, 12 December 2019

PORT MORESBY – The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) is taking a step towards prioritising climate-change considerations in its policy.

It has adopted a Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) resolution to consider impacts of climate change on tuna stocks, food security and livelihoods.

The resolution was adopted on the final day of the annual Tuna Commission meeting.

Under the resolution, the Commission will consider climate change when developing conservation and management measures (CMMs), and support more investigation of the issue by the organisation’s scientists.

The Director-General of the FFA, Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen, said it established a “solid foundation for a more urgent approach to the threat of climate change”.

Although the resolution is not binding, she said the Tuna Commission acknowledged that climate change would impact fisheries.

FFA chair Mr Eugene Pangelinan said the adoption of the resolution by the Commission sent a “powerful message globally that it is stepping up to the challenge”.

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