By Monica Miller, Pacificmedia@WCPFC13 Only 100 employees of Samoa Tuna Processors will retain their jobs when the cannery closes its canning operations next week. Joe Hamby, Chief operating officer...

By RONALD TOITO’ONA, PacificMedia@WCPFC13 HEADS of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) say there are signs there will be more progress than expected at the...

By RONALD TOITO’ONA, Pacificmedia@WCPFC13 Moves to increase safety standards for fisheries observers have run into unexpected headwinds to the Tuna Commission leaving Pacific negotiators frustrated....

By Rosalyn Albaniel-Evara, Pacific Media@WCPFC13 A PROPOSAL for a Moratorium on the fishing of the Pacific Bluefin Tuna will be supported by the CEO of the PNA (Parties to the Naru Agreement) bloc,...

By Rosalyn Albaniel-Evara, Pacific Media@WCPFC13 THE job of observers posted on tuna boats has become increasingly dangerous as they have come to play a more important role in efforts to boost...

By Samisoni Pareti, Pacific Media@WCPFC13 Proposals to reduce fishing efforts in order to allow tuna stocks to recover are reported to being stymied by fishing powers at the 13th session of the...

By Viola Ulakai,  Pacific Media@WCPFC13   The challenges faced by Tonga’s fishing industry will get a higher profile aft as a result of the relaunch of the Pacific Tuna Industry Association’s...

There is a level of optimism that this year’s Tuna Commission will make some small progress on issues of importance to the Pacific. The Director General of the Forum Fisheries Agency James Movick...

Viola Ulukai, Pacific Media@WCPFC13 The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously declared May second each year as World Tuna Day. The proposal was initiated by Nauru on behalf of all UN SIDS,...

By RONALD TOITO’ONA, Pacificmedia@WCPFC13 REBUILDING the bigeye timeline is one of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission’s (WCPFCs) priorities in this week’s meetings, says the Chair Ms...