The numbers of drifting fish-aggregating devices in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) have been underestimated, an ongoing study by the Pacific Community (SPC) shows. Dr Lauriane Escalle,...
The numbers of drifting fish-aggregating devices in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) have been underestimated, an ongoing study by the Pacific Community (SPC) shows. Dr Lauriane Escalle,...
The peoples of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) can celebrate having the healthiest stocks of tuna in the world. It doesn’t happen by chance. Protecting populations of tuna so that they...
HONIARA and NOUMEA, 2 May 2021 –Amplifying the voices of young Pacific people and addressing their questions and concerns is at the heart of the Teen Tuna Tok campaign, launched this week to...
Republished from FFA Trade and Industry News, volume 13, issue 4, July–August 2020 WCPFC’s 16th Scientific Committee (SC16) was held virtually from 12–19 August 2020. During this...
Two important tuna research trips have gone ahead in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) this year, although the research programs and the routes had to be curtailed dramatically. Both...
One of the most important tools in understanding the biology and environment of tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean is a bank. This particular institution, the Pacific Marine Specimen Bank...
SUVA, 16 June 2020 – A milestone has been reached by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Pacific Community (SPC) following the successful completion of an agreement between...
A small project to test four types of electronic crane scales may grow into a transhipping process that benefits crews, skippers, vessel managers, scientists and regulators, project members hope. If...
MEDIA RELEASE - republished from the Pacific Community, 11 April 2019 The Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Pacific Community have signed an agreement formalizing the Islands nations Country...
Republished from Undercurrent News, 2 April 2019 The Western and Central Pacific tuna stocks are all in healthy condition, according to scientists with the Pacific Community (SPC) at the recently...