Pew urged WCPFC to maintain existing objectives for the tropical tunas while it developed harvest strategies and improved monitoring of important stocks
Tag: Tuna
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
Support for Kiribati switch on marine sanctuary
An oceans’ expert is supportive of the Kiribati Government’s for its plan to open the Phoenix Island Protected Area, or the PIPA, to commercial fishing.
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.
COP26 told warming Ocean will devastate Pacific Tuna Industry
The tuna catches in the combined waters of 10 Pacific islands is expected to decline by an average of 20% by 2050 if the current rate of ocean warming continues
Smoked tuna business adds value and diversity to the Solomon Islands industry
In Solomon Islands, a new business in the tuna Industry is emerging with the start up of an initiative to provide local filleted smoked fish.
Fish and Power shifts: How the Marshall Islands became a fishery superpower
In “Our Ocean’s Promise: From Aspirations to Inspirations,” author Giff Johnson chronicles the history of fishing in the Marshall Islands, and forecasts an even more prosperous future.
Depleting fishing grounds and the need to practice sustainable fishing at Titiana
Titiana villagers are revisiting their old fishing methods to manage fish and marine resources sustainably after the depletion of fish stock on various common fishing grounds
WWF and partners launch gender mainstreaming in Fiji offshore Tuna Industry report
Offshore Fisheries Gender Report and findings to strengthen gender equity in Fiji’s offshore sector
Albacore Tuna are spawning less, and that’s worrying some south Pacific nations
Often labelled as white tuna in the U.S, Albacore has been significantly declining over the past five to 10 years in the South Pacific