HONIARA, 14 February 2022 – A recent illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing report released last December revealed that Pacific licensed vessels or fleets are heavily involved in IUU...
Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
WCPFC faces test as expiration date nears for tropical tuna measure
Republished from SeafoodSource, 29 November 2021 The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) 2021 meeting begins on 29 November, as it faces the expiration of its Tropical Tuna...
Maintaining sustainable tuna stocks main focus for FFA members: media release
HONIARA, 30 November 2021 – Making sure the tuna fisheries of the Western and Central Pacific remain sustainable is one of the driving aims of Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) members...
Operation Island Chief continues protection of Pacific from illegal fishing: media release
HONIARA, 6 August 2021 – Operation Island Chief, a Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency-led surveillance operation covering 18.4 million square kilometres, came to a successful closure today....
Pacific Ministers prioritise addressing COVID-19 and climate change impacts on Pacific tuna fisheries: media release
HONIARA, 6 August 2021 – Pacific Ministers have identified dealing with the immediate impacts of COVID-19 and the longer-term threats of climate change on offshore fisheries as key areas to address,...
A chapter ends in a long, adventurous book on a life in fisheries for Hugh Walton
As the second block of the Oceanic Fisheries Management Project (OFMP2) winds up, Hugh Walton, who has coordinated the project for six years, is dotting Is and crossing Ts on final reports. He’s...
GEF support for oceanic fisheries in transition in the Western and Central Pacific
Hugh Walton, in his home office, has been the stalwart of the OFMP since 2015. Photo supplied by Hugh Walton. After six years, the second Oceanic Fisheries Management Project in the Western...
Fisheries operation celebrates 20 years of protecting Pacific waters: media release
HONIARA, 4 June 2021 – Operation Tui Moana, a regional fisheries surveillance operation covering the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga and Tuvalu as...
FFA study on marine pollution to boost compliance with fishing rules: media release
HONIARA, 4 June, 2021 – The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) is stepping up efforts to stop the dumping of plastic waste at sea in the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO). The...
The illegal, the unreported and the unregulated, and their presence in the WCPO
If you were to speak about “IUU fishing” 10 or 15 years ago, only a few fish nerds would have known what you were saying. Even today, when there is much more known about it, it is still a complex...
