PIFS ambassador urged Pacific to work together to advance interests in WTO and be more active in the discussions in putting forward issues that are common interest to our region
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WTO Fisheries Fund to help Pacific Island nations
WTO director intends to use the fisheries fund to help the Pacific Island countries strengthen fisheries management and data collection
Agro PV project promises food security, clean energy for island communities
Fiji’s first ever Agro Photovoltaic project to make Ovalau 50 percent renewable energy efficient and involve women and youth in learning climate-smart farming techniques
Op-Ed: In a sea of climate disappointment, the ocean must take centre stage in all future climate discussions
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
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