Nuku’alofa – The Tonga tuna fishing industry is feeling the heat from challenges it has faced in the first four months of 2022, adding to the woes it has faced in the last five years. On 15 January...
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Pacific islands losing tuna stocks to ocean warming — SciDevNet
As oceans warm, tuna stocks move away from the Pacific island states. Tuna stocks are vital for the economic development of the Pacific islands. Pacific islands may lose fees paid by fishing fleets for access to tuna.
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...
More restrictions possible for foreign fleets fishing the Pacific
Republished from Radio New Zealand, 6 December 2017 The Forum Fisheries Agency says new restrictions could fall on foreign fisheries operating in Pacific waters. The comments come as the annual...
