Bycatch - Conserving marine diversity Tuna fishing affects animals such as sharks, turtles, whales, dolphins, seabirds, and young tuna. The countries of the WCPO manage fishing practices to...
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Catch and Harvest
Catch and harvest - Managing fishing methods The countries of the WCPO regulate the methods used to catch tuna and other highly migratory oceanic fish so that populations can be kept at...
Crew and observer safety and welfare critical
Da Nang, VIETNAM – December 2, 2022 - Crew and observers’ safety and welfare must be ensured by the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission for its members and operators within their area, non...
Chairlady highlights harvest strategy, labor and climate issues
Da Nang, VIETNAM (November 29): The adoption of a Management Procedure for skipjack tuna, and progressing various elements of Harvest Strategies for the key tuna stocks will be key focuses of the...
Fisheries and climate change: A Pacific perspective
As resource owners of the world’s largest and most valuable tuna fisheries, Pacific members zoomed into the 18th annual Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC18) meeting in December...
WCPO countries getting greater share of skipjack tuna: SPC assessment
Locals’ access to skipjack purse-seine tuna fishery of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) has increased. The 2020 tuna fisheries assessment report, conducted by the Pacific Community...
WCPFC tuna fishery needs better management: Pew
Nuku’alofa – The Pew Charitable Trusts has called for better management of the tuna fisheries of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. In a statement released to the 18th regular session of the...
Transhipment challenges in the WCPO
Not many Pacific Island women work on fishing vessels, but a young Fijian woman has found a way to support the work of fishers such as her brother and cousins so they can continue to make a living...
From the shoreline to the high seas: Esther Wozniak’s story
Esther Wozniak’s childhood experiences of growing up in a fishing family in Fiji have guided her as she has navigated her way through the challenges of life to become a key person in the work of...
Tonga launches marine atlas and meets protection promise
NUKU’ALOFA – The island kingdom of Tonga has reached its target of zoning 30% of its waters as marine protected area (MPA), meeting a government commitment made at the 2017 United Nations Ocean...
