The Republic of Marshall Islands has formally lodged its intention to become a party to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Director of...
IUU fishing
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...
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...
Pacific Islands Forum leaders ocean statement 2021
From the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner We, the Pacific Island Forum leaders, representing the Blue Pacific and its peoples, are committed to strong...
Protecting the global commons: Ngedikes Olai Uludong
FFA’s Moana Voices series on women shaping the future of oceanic fisheries is edited, researched and produced by Lisa Williams. This interview for Moana Voices 2021 edition is with Ngedikes Olai...
FFA study to enhance monitoring and lower risk of IUU fishing
For the first time, the volume and value of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for tuna is being measured for the whole western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO). The first...
Pandemic, climate threats and economic hardship in illegal sea cucumber harvesting on Ontong Java
Honiara – As a result of the growing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the everyday challenges of climate change, some people of the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) claim to have had no choice but to...
New technologies promise monitoring breakthrough for transhipment at sea
Republished from FFA Trade and Industry News, volume 13, issue 4, July–August 2020 Technologies such as vessel monitoring systems, onboard electronic catch monitoring and blockchain traceability...
Enormous fisheries surveillance effort by FFA and members: media release
Honiara, 28 October 2020 – One of the largest maritime surveillance operation in the world, Operation Kurukuru, concludes on Friday, 30 October, after two weeks of international...
Commitment to enhanced cooperation between FFA and RSIPF: media release
Honiara, 10 September 2020 – A visit by executive officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) headquarters on Tuesday...
