In this video featureing Lisa Buchanan, Chief Technical Officer of the Oceanic Fisheries Management Project (OFMP3), emphasises the project’s central mission: “The key goal of the OFMP3 project is...
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Celebrating Pacific leadership on World Tuna Day 2025: A blueprint for global fisheries
As the Pacific marks World Tuna Day 2025, the region’s journey in transforming tuna fisheries into a model of sustainability offers critical lessons for global ocean stewardship. Over two decades,...
Turtle power: Citizen science helping Cook Islands turtle conservation efforts
Holiday snaps of turtles traversing the passages around Rarotonga are being used with image recognition technology to identify sea turtles and get a better handle on their movements around the Cook...
Trustworthy ecolabels the key to helping consumers make sustainable tuna purchases
In part 2 of this two-part series in conjunction with the Marine Stewardship Council, we look at the eco-labelling practices helping to maintain sustainable tuna stocks. Wherever you shop in the...
Harvest strategies, electronic monitoring crucial to healthy Pacific tuna stocks
In part 1 of this two-part series in conjunction with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), we look at the harvest strategies and eco-labelling practices helping to maintain sustainable tuna stocks....
Q&A: The fight to keep indigenous fishing knowledge alive in the Solomon Islands
Miriam Arzienta Sulu is a Bachelor of Fisheries graduate from Solomon Islands National University, currently working as a graduate research assistant in the university’s Department of Fisheries...
The tech helping tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
The four key tuna fisheries of the Western and Central Pacific have been independently verified as sustainable, which is a great position to be in for Pacific Island nations. But keeping those...
Looking to the future of small-scale coastal fisheries
All over the Pacific Islands region, island nations are increasingly looking to target inshore pelagic fish such as tuna and other species to provide vital sustenance and income to local...
RNZ: New Poseidons zoom in on illegal fishers
Boats have just 30 seconds warning before the Air Force’s new Poseidon is above them using its state-of-the-art cameras to collect any evidence of illegal fishing. With our naval patrol craft, they’re part of a massive effort in the Pacific that’s paying off.
Unreported tuna catch in the sights of Pacific island nations
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing of tuna in the Pacific has declined significantly in recent years. But sustained surveillance, control, and monitoring efforts are required to...
