On the line at a Pacific Islands tuna cannery. Photo: Francisco Blaha.
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Pacific nations call on WCPFC members to combat impacts of climate change on tuna fisheries
Republished from SeafoodSource, 9 December 2019 Pacific fisheries officials are calling on the members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to band together and commit to...
Climate change tops list of Pacific priorities at halfway stage of WCPFC16
Inside the 16th Tuna Commission meeting in Port Moresby. Photo: F. Tauafialfi.
Pacific nations call for climate change resolution at Tuna Commission in PNG
FFC Chair Mr Eugene Pangelinan, left, and FFA Director-General Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen, right, at Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, for the 16th Tuna Commission meeting.
Media release: FFA takes climate change and a big agenda to WCPFC16
Yellowfin tuna … stocks of this and other species are a focus of FFA’s platform at WCPFC16. Photo: WWF
Prince Charles launches Solomon Islands’ Ocean Policy
HONIARA, 28 November 2019 -– His Royal Highness, Prince Charles, has launched the Solomon Islands Ocean Policy, which aims to step up sustainable management and conservation of the Solomon Islands...
Pacific Community projects an easterly move for two key tuna species
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...
Study: Climate change will redistribute tuna populations
Photo: Inigo Onandia/AZTI
Climate change will cost Pacific islands $60m in lost tuna revenue
Yellowfin tuna. Photo: Guido Montaldo/Shutterstock.com
Pacific ministers commit to ending modern slavery in the region’s fishery
Large-scale and small-scale fishing in the waters off Madang in Papua New Guinea.
Photo: RNZI/Johnny Blades
