Niue designated its entire EEZ as a multiple-use marine park, with 40 percent as a no-take marine protected area, 56 percent as a general-use zone and a small slice managed by local villagers
Tag: fisheries
WTO fisheries agreement will not help poverty alleviation in least developed countries
WTO must heed the call by small fisherfolks and discipline those responsible for the negative impacts of fisheries subsidies, says PANG Campaigner as 16 percent of the total global fisheries subsidies reach the small-scale fishers while at least 90 percent to large scale industrialised fisheries
Partnership with government agency to strengthen fisheries value chain in Papua New Guinea
FAO partners with NFA to administer the sustainable development of the fisheries sector in the Sepik Region of PNG
Nadogo District making collaborative efforts to restore and manage their fisheries resources and Mangroves
Members of the Nadogo District are working together to better manage their maritime resources from various threats
Law Enforcement Agencies concerned with Maritime Security
A new report highlighted concerns with IUU fishing which degraded ocean sustainability and fisheries crimes in Pacific Island countries
Kiribati government should keep focus on fisheries over tourism, says local fisherman
Kiribati tuna fisherman believes the local fisheries sector can be sustained at current levels for 30 years or longer with the right governance, as a report suggests Kiribati has become overdependent on tourism
Pacific leads the way in shaping fisheries subsidies agreement outcome at 12th WTO Ministerial
Pacific told the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference they “need solution now”. “Our ocean and coastal communities cannot wait any longer for a perfect Fisheries Subsidies Agreement.”
Technology helps fishers tap new resources in the South Pacific
FAO’s FishFAD project provides skills and equipment to Fijian fishers to sustain coastal fisheries
WTO Fishing treaty to leave Pacific Island nations poorer
PANG campaigner believes the “Geneva Package” is flawed as it favours countries with a large capacity for subsidising and reporting and those most responsible for overfishing
Strengthening Solomon Islands’ fisheries for a more sustainable future
A new project to support the management and sustainable development of Solomon Island’s oceanic and coastal fisheries