The Committee Report shows that Palau’s financial losses are due to a lack of tourists and not due to the 80 percent closure of Palau National Marine Sanctuary
Tag: fisheries
Strengthening the voice of Pacific fishers’
A year-long regional campaign to highlight the Pacific fishers’ role in food security and nutrition, poverty eradication and sustainable natural resource use
Fiji launches toolkit to revive Fiji’s fishing ground
A new tool to provide fishing communities in Fiji with information on how to avoid undersized fish and comply with Fiji’s coastal fisheries regulations
PNG and France are partners to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
French Navy Patrol Boat and French Air Force aircraft participated in regional fisheries policing operation in the PNG EEZ to combat IUU fishing and improve the maritime security
Papua New Guinea’s tuna sector at a crossroads between growth, sustainability
PNG Fishing Industry Association president calls on his government to reform NFA’s policy document as it is dragging on efforts to improve and grow PNG’s tuna industry
Pacific trials new high tech tools in response to illegal fishing
Pacific trials new high tech tools to combat IUU fishing and complement its existing suite of monitoring, control and surveillance tools
Fisheries and climate change: A Pacific perspective
Climate justice is critical issue for Tuna industry as Pacific countries will be “getting less revenue, through no fault of their own, because they haven’t made many of the emissions.” writes Fatu Tauafiafi
Large crowd show strong opposition to re-opening Palau National Marine Sanctuary
A large number of individuals opposed to the reopening of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary to long-line and purse seine fishing
Pacific-licensed vessels top IUU fishing list in the region by misreporting catch
A report revealed that Pacific licensed vessels or fleets are heavily involved in IUU fishing and dominated by misreporting
Women fish too: invisible women in tuna industries
The role of women in the Tuna industry need essential recognition to break the bias that the tuna fishing industry is a man’s world, writes Kate Barclay