The growing demand for swim bladders in the PNG fishing community has led to ‘by-catch’ that threatens the shark and dolphin species
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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
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