HONIARA – In Solomon Islands, a new business in the tuna Industry is emerging with the start up of an initiative to provide local filleted smoked fish. The man behind the business is Schulte...
Solomon Islands
In the line of duty as an observer
In the four years that Jeromy Ahikau Wateoli has worked on tuna fishing vessels as an observer, he has been exposed not just to the dangers of the work but also to a wider world. Being an observer...
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....
Noro first e-port in the Pacific introduces digital catch documents and tracing
The team behind the success story of the Noro e-Port facility. Photo: Francis Pituvaka MFMR. HONIARA: The Noro Port in the Western province of Solomon Islands has become the first e-port in the...
Solomons government commits to sustainable tuna with help of citizens
Header image: National Fisheries Development purse seiner Solomon-Topaz offloading tuna at Noro, Solomon Islands, during a trial in 2018 HONIARA – Solomon Islands Government has reinforced its...
Solomons reflects on its ‘national asset’ for World Tuna Day
HONIARA – The tuna-rich nation of Solomon Islands has used this year’s World Tuna Day to reflect on the importance of tuna to the economy and lives of locals. Although World Tuna Day has been...
High fees to sell tuna at Gizo force fishers into unsustainable reef fishing
HONIARA – High market fees imposed on tuna vendors at the Gizo Fish Market, in the Western Province of Solomon Islands, are forcing more tuna fishers to revisit the coastal fishing grounds, and...
Two fish face local extinction from overfishing in Gizo, says WWF
HONIARA – The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has revealed that some fish species will likely vanish as a result of overfishing in waters near Gizo, the capital of Western Province of Solomon...
As seafood disappears from reefs in western Solomons, communities call for government support
HONIARA – In recent times, communities in the Western Province of Solomon Islands have seen a drastic decrease in fish numbers in their common fishing grounds. Two coastal communities...
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...
