On World Oceans Day, WWF Pacific talks about work in Fiji and the WCPO to protect sharks and rays while supporting tuna fishing SUVA – The Government of Fiji has been an active advocate of...
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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 International Seafood Sustainability Foundation...
Rays to be released while still in the water: postcard from WCPFC16
Tuna fishers will have to do everything they can to save rays, including the magnificent manta ray, that are unintentionally caught during fishing operations. Several species of mobulid rays, which...
Handling seabirds so they survive: postcard from WCPFC16
Short-tailed albatross with chicks … one of many species of albatrosses that face extinction, partly from getting hooked on fishing lines when following fishing vessels
Climate change resolution tops list of wins for Pacific nations at 16th Tuna Commission meeting
Article highlights: Climate change resolution adopted conservation management measures (CMM) endorsed on the non-target species of mobulid rays and sharks FFA summarises WCPFC16 outcomes for...
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 other mobula rays on the final day of its annual...
Tuna Commission moves to protect seabirds from bycatch
Looking for seabirds diving onto baited hooks. The new WCPFC guideline aims to prevent these birds dying. Photo: Francisco Blaha.
Tuna Commission adopts measure to safeguard seabirds from dying as bycatch
Short-tailed albatross with chicks … one of many species of albatross that face extinction, partly from getting hooked on fishing lines when following fishing vessels. Photo by Jlfutari at Wikipedia (English language version) [CC BY-SA 3.0].
Call for urgent action as oceanic whitetip sharks face extinction
Oceanic whitetip shark … the species is threatened with extinction. Photo by Johan Lantz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tens of thousands of tuna-attracting devices are drifting around the Pacific
Fish are attracted to floating objects, especially with dangling ropes or nets. Photo: WorldFish/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA
