Observers and Compliance - Following the rules Observers board vessels fishing for tuna in the WCPO and collect information about catches to ensure the rules are followed. Various surveillance...
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Tuna Stocks
Tuna Stocks - Looking after the fish supply The countries of the WCPO work together to maintain healthy populations of tuna and other fish. Their management decisions are based on the latest science...
Ecosystems and Climate
Ecosystems and Climate - Protecting the changing environment Climate change is transforming the ocean environment and the behaviour of tuna and other animals. The countries of the WCPO use science...
Economics
Economics - Capturing employment and revenue benefits The 14 small island developing states (SIDS) in the WCPO derive economic growth from fisheries in their waters, to improve local livelihoods and...
Bycatch
Bycatch - Conserving marine diversity Tuna fishing affects animals such as sharks, turtles, whales, dolphins, seabirds, and young tuna. The countries of the WCPO manage fishing practices to...
Catch and Harvest
Catch and harvest - Managing fishing methods The countries of the WCPO regulate the methods used to catch tuna and other highly migratory oceanic fish so that populations can be kept at...
Fisheries and climate change: A Pacific perspective
As resource owners of the world’s largest and most valuable tuna fisheries, Pacific members zoomed into the 18th annual Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC18) meeting in December...
Tuna Commission weathers COVID-19, Pacific countries add climate change to tuna leadership role
The 18th and latest annual meeting of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), held virtually in December 2021, reconfirmed the world’s largest tuna fishery continues to...
WCPFC tuna fishery needs better management: Pew
Nuku’alofa – The Pew Charitable Trusts has called for better management of the tuna fisheries of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. In a statement released to the 18th regular session of the...
Tropical tuna measure, albacore, compliance monitoring and labour standards head FFA priorities for WCPFC18
The public perception of fisheries tends to focus on operations—boats, weather, accidents, overfishing, illegal fishing. It can be difficult to focus much public attention on the good news side of...
