Short-tailed albatross with chicks … one of many species of albatrosses that face extinction, partly from getting hooked on fishing lines when following fishing vessels
Claire Heath
2019 tuna report card gives thumbs up for four tuna species in WCPO
School of tuna. Photo FabienForget, ISSF.
PCCOS shows how integrating science from different fields makes for better decisions
PCOSS can help decision-makers in the Pacific Islands ensure that locals like these two Papua New Guineans continue to be owners of their fishery resources. Photo: Francisco Blaha.
No room for complacency in protecting tuna stocks, Pacific ministers say
More work is needed to ensure tuna stocks are protected. Photo: Greg Lecoeur.
Advocate for fair fishing the 2019 seafood champion of the world
All smiles … Francisco Blaha and a Solomon Islander at work on a pole-and-line vessel in 2010. Francisco is this year’s SeaWeb Seafood Champion for advocacy. We profile him here. (Photo: Francisco Blaha)
FFA launches fact sheets on tuna fishing basics
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has published two fact sheets that define basic aspects of tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. One is on the four tuna species...
Pacific fishing nations strengthen rules to protect their tuna and economies
The WCFPC has toughened its stance on tuna fishing. It has extended fishing limits, expanded the official observer program, and made tougher rules against bycatch, including the compulsory use of non-entangling FADs.
