In this video featureing Lisa Buchanan, Chief Technical Officer of the Oceanic Fisheries Management Project (OFMP3), emphasises the project’s central mission: “The key goal of the OFMP3 project is...
Peter Griffin
Celebrating Pacific leadership on World Tuna Day 2025: A blueprint for global fisheries
As the Pacific marks World Tuna Day 2025, the region’s journey in transforming tuna fisheries into a model of sustainability offers critical lessons for global ocean stewardship. Over two decades,...
OFMP3 update: Pacific Island nations set course towards sustainable, climate-resilient fisheries
It’s been a busy year for the team at the Oceanic Fisheries Management Project with significant progress ranging from fish stock assessments to vessel day scheme training initiatives. For OFMP’s...
Farewelling a Pacific fisheries titan: Hugh Walton
Hugh Halford Walton, 1956-2024 Hugh Halford Walton, a pioneering force in the Pacific fisheries industry, passed away peacefully on October 24 in Nelson, New Zealand, at the age of 68. Hugh served...
Turtle power: Citizen science helping Cook Islands turtle conservation efforts
Holiday snaps of turtles traversing the passages around Rarotonga are being used with image recognition technology to identify sea turtles and get a better handle on their movements around the Cook...
How Pacific Island nations built one of the world’s largest sustainable tuna fisheries
From putting controls on the use of fish-aggregating devices to introducing the Vessel Day Scheme, several innovations have underpinned efforts to build a large and sustainable tuna fishery in the...
Trustworthy ecolabels the key to helping consumers make sustainable tuna purchases
In part 2 of this two-part series in conjunction with the Marine Stewardship Council, we look at the eco-labelling practices helping to maintain sustainable tuna stocks. Wherever you shop in the...
Harvest strategies, electronic monitoring crucial to healthy Pacific tuna stocks
In part 1 of this two-part series in conjunction with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), we look at the harvest strategies and eco-labelling practices helping to maintain sustainable tuna stocks....
