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...
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...
Short-tailed albatross with chicks … one of many species of albatrosses that face extinction, partly from getting hooked on fishing lines when following fishing vessels
Looking for seabirds diving onto baited hooks. The new WCPFC guideline aims to prevent these birds dying. Photo: Francisco Blaha.
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.
The Philippines government recognized whale sharks’ importance to tourism and has since worked to better manage and conserve all shark species.
Photo: The Pew Charitable Trusts/Steve De Neef
Japan has pledged US$3.6 million in aid to strengthen Palau’s maritime security and fisheries. Last month in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met President Tommy Remengesau Jr. and reiterated...
Press release - republished from the Council of the European Union, 18 June 2018 On 18 June 2018 the Council adopted a regulation setting out revised rules on management, conservation and control...
Republished from Undercurrent News, 9 May 2018 Mexico and Japan have already breached their bluefin fishing limit for the second year in a row, despite strict quotas, said Pew Charitable Trusts....
Republished from FAO, 8 March 2018 Peter Cusack, Regional Coordinator, Pacific Islands Regional Oceanscape Program Honiara, Solomon Islands 13-15 February 2018. Lamine Camara, Director of Fisheries...
Republished from Radio New Zealand, 15 December 2017 There are questions over how the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission plans to support observers in its range of new...