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,...
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,...
FFA’s Moana Voices series on women shaping the future of oceanic fisheries is edited, researched and produced by Lisa Williams. This interview for Moana Voices 2021 edition is with Joyce Samuelu...
By Chris Chase, republished from SeafoodSource, 8 December 2020 The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) has failed to reach a consensus on the management of tropical tunas by one vote –...
A new technical manual on the design of and use of anchored fish-aggregating devices has been released for the Pacific Islands. The technical manual covers standard designs for different...
Market wharves of Honiara, Solomon Islands. Photo: Francisco Blaha
Fish being sold at a Solomon Islands fish market. Photo: RNZ
Purse seine fishing vessels have crowded Majuro’s lagoon since late May as low world market prices and over-stocks of tuna at Bangkok canneries have slowed the transshipment process. Majuro has been the world’s busiest tuna transshipment port for the past several years.
Photo: Marianas Variety/Garry Venus,Francisco Blaha
Republished from Project Syndicate, 30 October 2018 Global fish stocks are in decline, but a new tuna management scheme by the Federated States of Micronesia offers a blueprint for recovery. By...
Republished from The Pew Charitable Trusts, 27 September 2018 Managers of the world’s largest tuna fishery—in the western and central Pacific Ocean—have a chance this year to improve the...