PORT MORESBY, 11 December 2019 – A landmark Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) resolution on climate change has been adopted by the 16th annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific...
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Tuna Commission endorses work plan to manage South Pacific albacore sustainably
South Pacific albacore tuna being processed at the Solander plant in Fiji. Photo: WWF Pacific.
Pacific countries optimistic as Tuna Commission talks enter final day
At WCPFC16 … FFA Director-General Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen (left), FFC Chair Mr Eugene Pangelinan (centre) and PNA Chief Executive Mr Ludwig Kumoru. Photo: F. Tauafiafi.
Climate change tops list of Pacific priorities at halfway stage of WCPFC16
Inside the 16th Tuna Commission meeting in Port Moresby. Photo: F. Tauafialfi.
Relevance of Pacific leaders’ fisheries vision 40 years ago: Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen
“We remind ourselves that FFA members were the founding members for the Tuna Commission. And since the beginning, even during the days of the negotiations for the Convention [to establish the...
Pacific nations call for climate change resolution at Tuna Commission in PNG
FFC Chair Mr Eugene Pangelinan, left, and FFA Director-General Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen, right, at Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, for the 16th Tuna Commission meeting.
Pacific tuna reference: Reciprocity of weavers, planters, fishers
The 16th session of the Pacific Tuna Commission (WCPFC16) that oversees waters producing 55% of the global tuna catch gets underway this week in Papua New Guinea. With a yearly value of...
Media release: FFA takes climate change and a big agenda to WCPFC16
Yellowfin tuna … stocks of this and other species are a focus of FFA’s platform at WCPFC16. Photo: WWF
