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...
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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...
Depleting fishing grounds and the need to practice sustainable fishing at Titiana
HONIARA - The dual impacts of over-fishing and climate change appear to have resulted in the depletion of fish stocks on various common fishing grounds used by local fishermen from Titiana village,...
Traders’ access to tuna in Honiara affected during COVID-19
Honiara Central Market. Photo: JOG. Story by George J. Maelagi Tuna is a food consumed daily by the people in Solomon Islands and the demand for tuna is always high when fishers reach the coastal...
PNG’s certified tuna fishery strengthens responsible sourcing
The Fishing Industry Association of Papua New Guinea (FIAPNG) has implemented a responsible sourcing policy (RSP) to meet the requirements of its Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification and...
Tuna numbers healthy, but WCPO needs harvest controls, says ISSF
The tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) are in better shape than those of other oceans, a report just published by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation...
High fees to sell tuna at Gizo force fishers into unsustainable reef fishing
HONIARA – High market fees imposed on tuna vendors at the Gizo Fish Market, in the Western Province of Solomon Islands, are forcing more tuna fishers to revisit the coastal fishing grounds, and...
Tighter controls on the way for plastic pollution in the WCPO
Pacific island countries are behind a study to gauge the amount of plastic waste that is dumped at sea by tuna fishing vessels working in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO). The study...
As seafood disappears from reefs in western Solomons, communities call for government support
HONIARA – In recent times, communities in the Western Province of Solomon Islands have seen a drastic decrease in fish numbers in their common fishing grounds. Two coastal communities...
