In a development aimed at enhancing maritime security and combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the Australian-funded Guardian Class Patrol Boats (GCPB) of the Royal Solomon...
IUU fishing
Unreported tuna catch in the sights of Pacific island nations
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing of tuna in the Pacific has declined significantly in recent years. But sustained surveillance, control, and monitoring efforts are required to...
Pacific-licensed vessels top IUU fishing list in the region by misreporting catch
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...
WCPO countries getting greater share of skipjack tuna: SPC assessment
Locals’ access to skipjack purse-seine tuna fishery of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) has increased. The 2020 tuna fisheries assessment report, conducted by the Pacific Community...
Pacific fisheries protected through cooperative surveillance operation
HONIARA, 4 November 2021 – One of the largest fisheries surveillance operations in the world, Operation Kurukuru, came to a successful close today following 12 days of international cooperation to...
High seas tuna transhipment: what it is and why it should be reformed
Frozen carrier and longliner preparing to tranship catches in the high seas outside the control of coastal states (anonymous source) Suva, 31 AUGUST 2021 (PACNEWS) – Tuna is extremely valuable to...
Transhipment challenges in the WCPO
Not many Pacific Island women work on fishing vessels, but a young Fijian woman has found a way to support the work of fishers such as her brother and cousins so they can continue to make a living...
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....
New Guardian-class patrol boat a welcome asset to tackle illegal fishing in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and Australia’s High Commissioner to Solomon Islands His Excellency Dr Lachlan Strahan inspects RSIPV Taro at the commissioning ceremony in Honiara....
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...
