Arlington, Virginia; Noumea, New Caledonia; Honiara, Solomon Islands; Wollongong, Australia, 29 July 2021 – Global warming is expected to progressively push tuna populations from the waters of 10...
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Protecting sharks in the WCPO
On World Oceans Day, WWF Pacific talks about work in Fiji and the WCPO to protect sharks and rays while supporting tuna fishing SUVA – The Government of Fiji has been an active advocate of...
WWF calls for urgent measures to recover heavily depleted oceanic sharks and rays: media release
WWF, 13 May 2021 – WWF urges all states fishing for tuna to implement a set of urgently needed measures – including 100% observer coverage on all industrial fishing vessels by 2030 and recovery...
Pacific Islands Forum leaders ocean statement 2021
From the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner We, the Pacific Island Forum leaders, representing the Blue Pacific and its peoples, are committed to strong...
IATTC leaves tropical tuna unmanaged as meeting fails to reach consensus by one vote
By Chris Chase, republished from SeafoodSource, 8 December 2020 The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) has failed to reach a consensus on the management of tropical tunas by one vote –...
New technologies promise monitoring breakthrough for transhipment at sea
Republished from FFA Trade and Industry News, volume 13, issue 4, July–August 2020 Technologies such as vessel monitoring systems, onboard electronic catch monitoring and blockchain traceability...
WCPO bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks remain healthy
Republished from FFA Trade and Industry News, volume 13, issue 4, July–August 2020 WCPFC’s 16th Scientific Committee (SC16) was held virtually from 12–19 August 2020. During this...
Report indicates Pacific tuna fisheries weathering COVID-19 well
By Bernadette Carreon The fishing effort in the tuna-rich waters of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) does not appear to have been significantly impeded by the COVID-19 crisis,...
