NUKU’ALOFA – Tongan officials expect to take the country’s Ocean Plan to cabinet this year after the initial plan was postponed. Having had nation-wide consultations in 2018 and 2019,...
environmental management
Two fish face local extinction from overfishing in Gizo, says WWF
HONIARA – The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has revealed that some fish species will likely vanish as a result of overfishing in waters near Gizo, the capital of Western Province of Solomon...
Pacific talks ocean, climate change action with United Kingdom: media release
A joint media release of UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, the Pacific islands Forum, the Pacific Community, and Secretariat of the Pacific...
Wallis and Futuna counts FADs washed up on its coasts
Wallis and Futuna is counting the number of lost and stranded fish-aggregating devices (FADs) that wash up on its coasts so it can calculate the damage they cause. The campaign is being run by the...
Rays to be released while still in the water: postcard from WCPFC16
Tuna fishers will have to do everything they can to save rays, including the magnificent manta ray, that are unintentionally caught during fishing operations. Several species of mobulid rays, which...
Handling seabirds so they survive: postcard from WCPFC16
Short-tailed albatross with chicks … one of many species of albatrosses that face extinction, partly from getting hooked on fishing lines when following fishing vessels
Landmark FFA resolution on climate change adopted by WCPFC16: media release
PORT MORESBY, 11 December 2019 – A landmark Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) resolution on climate change has been adopted by the 16th annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific...
Tuna Commission endorses work plan to manage South Pacific albacore sustainably
South Pacific albacore tuna being processed at the Solander plant in Fiji. Photo: WWF Pacific.
Climate change tops list of Pacific priorities at halfway stage of WCPFC16
Inside the 16th Tuna Commission meeting in Port Moresby. Photo: F. Tauafialfi.
Tens of thousands of tuna-attracting devices are drifting around the Pacific
Fish are attracted to floating objects, especially with dangling ropes or nets. Photo: WorldFish/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA
