The peoples of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) can celebrate having the healthiest stocks of tuna in the world. It doesn’t happen by chance. Protecting populations of tuna so that they...
The peoples of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) can celebrate having the healthiest stocks of tuna in the world. It doesn’t happen by chance. Protecting populations of tuna so that they...
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...
Around 260 Chinese fishing fleets were recently detected in the seas surrounding the Galápagos islands off the coast of Ecuador. The vast armarda of fishing vessels in the biodiverse Pacific islands has raised alarm bells over the fishing practices that conservationists say could severely damage the region’s protected marine ecosystem. Photo: www.greenqueen.com.hk
The Papua New Guinea Fishing Industry Association won Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification in May. The association covers 32 purse-seine vessels flagged to PNG and another 32 flagged to...
Tuna fishers will have to do everything they can to save rays, including the magnificent manta ray, that are unintentionally caught during fishing operations. Several species of mobulid rays, which...
Article highlights: Climate change resolution adopted conservation management measures (CMM) endorsed on the non-target species of mobulid rays and sharks FFA summarises WCPFC16 outcomes for...
Measurements taken of a dead shark … the WWF-SPREP agreement will help Pacific Island nations protect species that are important to economies and the proper functioning of natural environments. Photo: Francisco Blaha.
HONIARA, 24 October 2019 – Pacific Community (SPC) fisheries scientist Sam McKechnie says SPC’s research shows an easterly move for skipjack and yellowfin tuna species in the Western and...
Fish are attracted to floating objects, especially with dangling ropes or nets. Photo: WorldFish/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA
The WCFPC has toughened its stance on tuna fishing. It has extended fishing limits, expanded the official observer program, and made tougher rules against bycatch, including the compulsory use of non-entangling FADs.