Republished from Undercurrent News, 4 May 2018 The Western Pacific Sustainable Tuna Alliance, Western and Central Pacific skipjack and yellowfin free school purse seine fishery has been ruled to...
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Vanuatu fisheries minister asks tuna harvesters to use restored local plant
Republished from Undercurrent News, 3 May 2018 The Sino-Van Fish Processing Plant, in Vanuatu's capital city of Port Vila, has been shut down for 14 years because of a prior lack of facilities to...
Phu Yen takes urgent measures against illegal fishing
Republished from Vietnam News Agency (VNA) , 6 March 2018 The south central province of Phu Yen is taking urgent measures to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, as...
ISSF: Better FADs could reduce bycatch in the Western and Central Pacific
Republished from SeafoodSource, 26 February 2018 Improvements in the design of fish-aggregating devices (FADs) could make a major difference in improving the sustainability and efficiency of...
Decision to increase bigeye tuna catch limit criticised
Republished from SciDev.Net, 12 December 2017 Member countries and territories of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) have agreed to adopt measures to conserve stocks of...
Tuna: talk of the town in Manila this week
Tuna is the talk of the town in Manila this week at WCPFC14. But what is the WCPFC? Published 5 Dec 2017
Fisheries leader takes global fishing powers to task
Opening remarks at the 14th Regular Session of the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission from Rhea Moss-Christian (WCPFC). Published 7 Dec 2017
FFA lauds improved process of high seas fishing policymaking at WCPFC14
Wez Norris (FFA) talks about, for the first time, looking at opportunities and rights on the high seas for fishery fleets, at the 14th Regular Session of the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries...
