“When you look at the measure [Tropical Tuna Bridging Measure], there’s a series of very strong concessions that FFA members as a group gave to achieve consensus.” Ms Jenny Baldwin, Chair, Pacific...
Fatu Tauafiafi
Thriller in Manila: Popping the Pacific’s US$22 billion ‘tuna bubble’
The two principal priorities for Pacific small island states are climate change and fisheries. One seeks finance and redress from rich developed countries for whose industries and lifestyles are the...
Announced: FFA’s new deputy Director General – Tokelau-raised Matthew Hooper
By Lealaiauloto Aigaletaule’ale’a F. Tauafiafi,Manila “I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Matthew Hooper as the next deputy Director General of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA),” Mr...
Australia commits to Aircraft Surveillance capability for Pacific fishery management
For the next 30 years, Australia has bolstered its commitment to help Pacific countries manage their fisheries, and then some. As reported on Tuna Pacific Hub earlier, the upgrade is built around...
Pacific officials agree to a ‘Collective Response’ to fight illegal Vietnamese Blue Boats robbing their reefs
The threat to Pacific island countries posed by illegal Vietnamese Blue Boats is significantly more complex than first thought and would need a “collective action” to stamp it out. That was the...
Pacific countries workshop focus on illegal Vietnamese Blue Boat threat
Illegal Vietnamese ‘blue boats’ are officially designated a significant and growing threat to Pacific island countries, their food security, economies and reef biodiversity. Already affected are...
FFA Pacific nations at forefront of fisheries management: maximize returns and food security
Managing the Pacific’s tuna stock is important in terms of the global marine ecosystem and for Pacific people and their economies. It points to Pacific solidarity as the guide for technological...
Reef Robbers: Who’s paying? New pressures for Pacific surveillance from Vietnam’s Blue Boats
Does the Pacific have a system capable of mounting effective surveillance, capture and arrest illegal vessels and operators in its 20million-plus square kilometer fishery? The answer to that, over...
