“They travel in fleets and their target is sea cucumbers and their mode of operations is to wait for the cover of darkness and then move in to shallow waters just off shore and scour the reefs of...
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
NZ gives $5million to Asian nations as new illegal fishing threat grows
The New Zealand government will fund a $5,000,000 project over five years to help Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam improve the management and protection of their tuna fisheries. It comes as...
Pacific disappointed as Tuna Commission talks on albacore fail
By Viola Ulakai - Tonga Broadcasting Commission DENARAU, NADI -- As the Tuna Commission enters its final day of discussions in Nadi the Forum fisheries agency has expressed deep disappointment about...
The work for WCPFC14 starts now: Teo
By RONALD TOITO’ONA, Pacificmedia@WCPFC13 DENARAU, FIJI-- The week-long 13th Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) in Denarau Island, Fiji held negotiating sessions far into the night...
WCPFC meet ends- more work to do
Rosalyn Albaniel-Evara, Pacificmedia@WCPFC13 The outcomes of this year’s tuna Commission (WCPFC) were not as ‘spectacular’ as members including the region’s two largest fisheries blocs-the Pacific...
Pacific disappointed as Tuna Commission talks on albacore fail
By Viola Ulakai, Pacific Media@WCPFC13 As the tuna Commission enters its final day of discussions in Nadi the Forum fisheries agency has expressed deep disappointment about the outcome on albacore...
Signing of tuna treaty with US, makes way for future development of Vanuatu tuna fishery industry
By Rita N.Tudia, PacificMedia@WCPFC13 Vanuatu has today signed a six-year extension to a tuna treaty with the United States paving the way for future project development in the country’s tuna...
‘Blue boats’ might be poaching in Solomons
By RONALD TOITO’ONA, Pacificmedia@WCPFC13 Controversial ‘blue boats’ owned by Vietnam and other Asian countries might be poaching in the Solomon seas unnoticed or untraced, says officials from the...
Hundreds of jobs lost as Tri Marine explains the failure of its plant in American Samoa
By Samisoni Pareti, Pacific Media@WCPFC13 One of the South Pacific’s largest tuna canneries is closing shop as Pacific fisheries managers wrangle over tuna fishing controls with the world’s leading...
Vietnam must do more on its blue boats in Pacific
By NETANI RIKA, Pacific Media@WCPFC13 VIETNAM must take responsibility for the poaching activities of its fleet in Pacific waters. Ludwig Kumoro, CEO of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement said...
