HONOLULU, 11 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)---- With claims and counter claims by global powers that the Pacific is their strategic‘ sphere’ of influence, sub regionalism has been touted as the best way of...
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Pacific wins praise for solidarity ahead of WCPFC meeting
HONOLULU,11 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)----- Pacific nations attending this week’s Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) are on a mission to persuade members to set a target reference...
FFA supports proposals by WCPFC to establish scientific dialogue Forum
HONOLULU, 11 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)---- The region’s Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has expressed support to the proposals put forward by Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to...
PNA members add political weight to Pacific push to keep EEZ rights if they lose land to sea level rise
HONOLULU,10 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)---- The eight nations that are Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) are to investigate ways to claim their current 200-mile exclusive economic zones before they...
Tuvalu fisheries Minister calls for PNA to put their house in order
HONOLULU, 10 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)----Tuvalu’s Minister for Fisheries has called on members of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) to put their house in order first, after the island nation...
Pacific steps up its fight against illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing with call to powerful fishing nations
HONOLULU, 10 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)-----The two largest fisheries organisations in the Pacific have joined forces to ramp up work to mitigate Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in...
‘Tuna diplomacy’ is one of the game-changers for the Pacific
Tuna has shaped regional politics and influenced the relationship between Pacific Islands States and major trading partners including China, Japan, United States and Taiwan and South Korea. Each...
Pacific push for Albacore measures at WCPFC meeting in Hawaii: Preview
HONOLULU, 07 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)---- Proposals on important measures for albacore tuna – the most important tuna for temperate Pacific countries - are expected to be prioritised by Pacific...
