The 800 or so Pacific islanders who work as independent observers on tuna boats are some of the region’s unsung heroes. They work alone as the eyes and ears of the Pacific’s monitoring and...
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
Tokelau’s tuna success – testament to Pacific solidarity’s multimillion dollar effect
Booming revenue from fishing license fees is prompting Tokelau the world’s fifth smallest country – to share its success with its neighbours. Tokelau may have just 12 square kilometers of land on...
Legal Weapon: The potential breakthrough to bring down Illegal tuna fishers in Pacific waters
Ultimately, the ‘Persons of Interest’ path would lead to the end of the IUU fishing chain and nab those truly benefitting- the vessel owners, the individual/entity hiring drivers, controllers,...
Tuna Commission meeting wraps with little to show: Half the world’s tuna at stake as talks yield slow progress
By Bernadette H. Carreon |Pacificmedia@WCPFC13 DENARAU, FIJI – Next time you sink your teeth into a succulent piece of sushi or a juicy tuna sandwich spare a thought for the future of the fish....
Discussions on Albacore splits Pacific Tuna Commission
DENARAU, FIJI-- After a week of talks the Pacific Tuna Commission has failed to take any action to protect albacore – one of the four commercially important tuna species. New data over the past...
Journalists can play important role on Observers safety- WWF
By RONALD TOITO’ONA, Pacificmedia@WCPFC13 DENARAU, FIJI-- Journalists in the Pacific can play an important role when it comes to the Safety of Fisheries Observers on board the foreign fishing...
Team WCPFC pleased with 2016 outcomes
EXECUTIVES of the Pacific Tuna Commission have expressed satisfaction over the level of discussions and the outcomes that have been reached at its annual general meeting. This comes after years of...
Deaths of PNG fisheries observers hastens new safety rules
Rosalyn Albaniel-Evara, Pacificmedia@WCPFC13 FOR the first time observers can go to work knowing there is help if ever they fall sick or are harassed or intimated by crew members while out at sea....
The Pacific wins the day as Japan obstructs, then agrees to Observers safety measure
By RONALD TOITO’ONA, Pacificmedia@WCPFC13 DENARAU, FIJI--The 17 nations of the Forum Fisheries Agency have called Japan’s bluff on proposed new measures to keep fishing observers safe – and won....
Victory for the Pacific as Japan gives way on tuna boat observer safety
By Rita N-Tudia, Pacificmedia@WCPFC13 In an extraordinary show of strength Pacific island countries forced their bigger global tuna fishery counterparts in the Tuna Commission (WCPFC) to agree on...
