As we move forward under the 2050 Strategy, we must continue to push for a greater oceans focus in the UNFCCC process and create a unified regional ocean-climate action agenda to address climate change in the Pacific, writes SG Puna
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WWF support the prohibition of shark lines and wire leaders
WWF hopeful WCPFC 19 will take a decision to prohibit the use of wire leaders and shark lines to address a heavily depleted oceanic whitetip shark stock and silky shark
Pacific Tuna will not collapse next year if WCPFC fails to adopt management measures
Fishery will not collapse next year if WCPFC fails to adopt management measures of a harvest strategy for skipjack tuna, says Pacific tuna industry expert
Tuna fisheries in the region may lose certification if WCPFC fails to adopt management measures
WCPFC’s failure to adopt harvest strategies this year would put Tuna species in the Western and Central Pacific at peril and cause global turmoil in the market for sustainable Tuna, says Fisheries Standard Director
$10 billion Pacific skipjack Tuna Fishery could soon be better protected
A new fisheries management approach under consideration would improve sustainability for skipjack tuna stock in the western and central Pacific Ocean, write authors
Saving Vulnerable Inshore Dolphins in Southern Papua New Guinea
Local communities in PNG are working with researchers to help monitor and conserve two endangered inshore dolphins who face threats from local fishers in the area
Tonga volcano sea floor map reveals ‘mind-blowing’ cavity left behind by eruption
NIWA team discover that volcanic eruption in Tonga discharged at least 9.5 cubic kilometres of displaced material, making it one of the most massive eruptions in the world
‘When a cyclone hits a thatched hut in the Pacific Islands, it’s raw and scary’
As Pacific islanders experience extreme cyclones, what becomes of those in thatched fales? Where do they seek refuge when their homes are destroyed and they do not have the resources to build back?, writes Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson
Pacific leaders celebrate COP27 victory on loss and damage fund after decades of advocacy
As Pacific leaders and activists celebrate the announcement of the fund to assist poor nations hit by climate disasters for three decades, they say “more needed to be done”
WTO, Pacific Islands Forum affirm cooperation for work on fisheries subsidies and key issue
WTO director general meets with PIF members to reaffirm cooperation between the two organisations on fisheries subsidies and other important issues in the Pacific