Pacific leaders are calling upon Japan to immediately call a stop to dumping nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean as it would risk the lives of Pacific Islanders
Tag: fisheries
Fisheries in the Pacific Islands are getting a tech boost!
Fisheries in the Pacific Islands get a tech boost to ensure the tuna populations stay healthy and help support sustainable fishing practices
A new fishery threatens Papua New Guinea’s shark and dolphin species
The growing demand for swim bladders in the PNG fishing community has led to ‘by-catch’ that threatens the shark and dolphin species
Solomon Islands Government and WWF Pacific sign MoU to safeguard Biodiversity and boost community based resource management
Solomon Islands and WWF Pacific partnership to boost community based fisheries management and broader biodiversity conservation effort in Solomon Islands
Marine protected areas don’t help tuna, new paper shows
A new study shows that Kiribati’s Phoenix Islands Protected Area, which banned all fishing, has not had a significant impact on the skipjack and bigeye tuna populations
Regional dialogue focuses on Human rights, gender and social inclusion in Pacific Tuna fisheries
A regional dialogue to prepare tuna fisheries sector to better address the human rights, gender and social inclusion issues in the Pacific region by using a human rights-based approach
Guardians of the sea
The Tsoi Group of Islands is among 13 communities is New Ireland Province that is working in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society to protect their marine resources.
Falemaka urges Pacific to work together to advance interests in WTO matters
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
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
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