HONIARA, 14 February 2022 – A recent illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing report released last December revealed that Pacific licensed vessels or fleets are heavily involved in IUU...
HONIARA, 14 February 2022 – A recent illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing report released last December revealed that Pacific licensed vessels or fleets are heavily involved in IUU...
Bernadette Carreon writes in SeafoodSource, 3 May 2021 The Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea said its Marine Stewardship Council-certified tuna catches have not been interrupted – and have even...
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...
A new technical manual on the design of and use of anchored fish-aggregating devices has been released for the Pacific Islands. The technical manual covers standard designs for different...
Fishing vessels, both modern and traditional, in the Madang lagoon, Papua New Guinea; part of the planned Pacific Marine Industrial Zone.
Photo: RNZI/Johnny Blades
THE Solomon Islands government has earned a record $399 million Solomon Island Dollar (SBD) from its tuna resources in 2017, the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) in Honiara has...
Republished from SciDev.Net, 12 December 2017 Member countries and territories of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) have agreed to adopt measures to conserve stocks of...
Republished from SeafoodSource, 8 December 2017 Members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission concluded a five-day conference in Manilla, The Philippines, earlier this week by...
Republished from Matangi Tonga Online, 6 December 2017, by Emmanuel Samoglou, PACMAS Different approaches towards managing a heavily depleted fish stock have emerged between two Pacific nations. In...
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 Programme....