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...
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Tuna Commission weathers COVID-19, Pacific countries add climate change to tuna leadership role
The 18th and latest annual meeting of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), held virtually in December 2021, reconfirmed the world’s largest tuna fishery continues to...
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...
High seas tuna transhipment: what it is and why it should be reformed
Frozen carrier and longliner preparing to tranship catches in the high seas outside the control of coastal states (anonymous source) Suva, 31 AUGUST 2021 (PACNEWS) – Tuna is extremely valuable to...
Seven PNA members extend vessel day scheme
Republished from Radio New Zealand, 15 December 2017 Seven of the eight members of the fishing arrangement called the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, or PNA, are extending their Vessel Day...
Pacific tuna commission agrees new rules for crucial species
Republished from Radio New Zealand, 12 December 2017 The 26 nations that govern the world's biggest fishery left it to the last minute to agree to new rules for three economically crucial tropical...
More restrictions possible for foreign fleets fishing the Pacific
Republished from Radio New Zealand, 6 December 2017 The Forum Fisheries Agency says new restrictions could fall on foreign fisheries operating in Pacific waters. The comments come as the annual...
