HONIARA – The 18th WCPFC Tuna Commission Meeting has agreed to an extension of the Compliance Monitoring Scheme Conservation and Management Measure for another two years, however more cooperation is...
conservation and management measures (CMMs)
FFA members work to progress freeze on southern albacore
HONIARA – The call by the members of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) for a freeze on the catch and effort for South Pacific albacore on the high seas south of the equator won...
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...
WCPFC faces test as expiration date nears for tropical tuna measure
Republished from SeafoodSource, 29 November 2021 The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) 2021 meeting begins on 29 November, as it faces the expiration of its Tropical Tuna...
Maintaining sustainable tuna stocks main focus for FFA members: media release
HONIARA, 30 November 2021 – Making sure the tuna fisheries of the Western and Central Pacific remain sustainable is one of the driving aims of Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) members...
Tropical tuna measure, albacore, compliance monitoring and labour standards head FFA priorities for WCPFC18
The public perception of fisheries tends to focus on operations—boats, weather, accidents, overfishing, illegal fishing. It can be difficult to focus much public attention on the good news side of...
Protecting sharks in the WCPO
On World Oceans Day, WWF Pacific talks about work in Fiji and the WCPO to protect sharks and rays while supporting tuna fishing SUVA – The Government of Fiji has been an active advocate of...
FFA study on marine pollution to boost compliance with fishing rules: media release
HONIARA, 4 June, 2021 – The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) is stepping up efforts to stop the dumping of plastic waste at sea in the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO). The...
Tighter controls on the way for plastic pollution in the WCPO
Pacific island countries are behind a study to gauge the amount of plastic waste that is dumped at sea by tuna fishing vessels working in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO). The study...
Pacific solidarity needed to get climate change embedded in Tropical Tuna Measure
Honiara – As discussions on a new Tropical Tuna Measure (TTM) loom, Pacific island countries need to push more to get the international community to consider the impacts of climate change on...
