A report shows that more than half the vessels in the skipjack purse-seine fishery of the WCPO are flagged to or chartered by SIDS
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Pacific fisheries leaders emphasise building resilience and strengthening recovery in fisheries
Pacific fisheries leaders recognised the urgency to strengthen recovery and build resilience as the region struggles from COVID-19 alongside climate change effects on fisheries
Kiribati receives aquaculture training from China while opening protected area to commercial fishing
The Chinese province of Hubei has sent experts to the Pacific island nation of Kiribati to conduct training in commercial aquaculture.
WCPFC tuna fishery needs better management: Pew
Pew urged WCPFC to maintain existing objectives for the tropical tunas while it developed harvest strategies and improved monitoring of important stocks
Tropical tuna measure, albacore, compliance monitoring and labour standards head FFA priorities for WCPFC18
FFA will not support actions that will jeopardise the tuna stocks that Pacific Island rely upon and call for WCPFC18 to cut the catch of South Pacific albacore
Solomon Island fisheries commitment to equality boosted through gender and social inclusion training
Training to identify gender and social inclusion perspectives in the fisheries sector
Maintaining sustainable tuna stocks in the Pacific is main focus for FFA Member
Pacific Islands unite against challenges to the sustainability of their tuna stocks and defend their sovereign rights to manage fisheries in their waters.
Kiribati PIPA decision: scientist says there’s more value in taking control of fisheries
Kiribati planning to open up PIPA to commercial fishing meant there was a minimal return for the host nations and would lead to the collapse of some nations says scientist
Certifying group ramps up pressure on regional fisheries organisation
The MSC has put the WCPFC on notice that certification of two dozen fisheries in the western Pacific region are on the line.
PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH: First Study to Show Plumes from Ocean Mining would overlap with important international tuna fisheries
Pacific fisheries, including the US fishing fleet, would be at greatest risk in terms of overlap with mining areas; Fisheries in Mexico, Spain, Ecuador, and the Philippines are also at risk