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...
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...
Two important tuna research trips have gone ahead in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) this year, although the research programs and the routes had to be curtailed dramatically. Both...
A Spanish contract pilot who flew a fish-spotting helicopter for a Taiwan-flagged purse seiner is now facing criminal charges in the Marshall Islands. Pictured is one of the Win Far tuna fleet purse seiners with a helicopter on the bow. Photo: Karen Earnshaw.
By Taobo Amon Tebikau (Radio Kiribati News) To protect people’s health, Kiribati and other Pacific countries are likely to extend the current strict rule that suspends all purse-seine fishing boats...
A Solomon Islander who is a household name in the Western and Central Pacific tuna industry has written the story of how the Davids of the industry prevailed against the Goliaths. Fishing for...
Fish are attracted to floating objects, especially with dangling ropes or nets. Photo: WorldFish/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA
Bigeye tuna. Photo: NOAA
HONOLULU, 12 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)--- Kiribati Fisheries Minister Tetabo Nakara has called on nations involved in the Western and Central Pacific fishery to overcome their differences and use...
Republished from Islands Business WCPFC14, Manila-- KIRIBATI already faces the huge burden of rising sea levels which threatens its very existence. With little land resources on which to grow food,...
Pita Ligaiula, PacNEWS 3 Dec 2017, WCPFC14, Manila-- Kiribati’s Fisheries Minister has used his opening statement to 14th Western Central Pacific Commission (WCPFC) to highlight the importance of...