By Titeem Auatabu, Pacific Media@WCPFC13 Kiribati and other Pacific nations will tell the Pacific Tuna Commission to enforce fishing rules on the high seas, when the Commission meets in Nadi next...
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
Pacific urges crackdown on high-seas tuna cheats
By RONALD TOITO’ONA, PacificMedia@WCPFC13 A crack down on high-seas tuna fishing should be the number one priority for the region’s multi-national rule-setting body the Western and Central Pacific...
Talking #TUNAnomics: 3 tips for following the Pacific tuna story.
Working in media and spreading the word on my favourite protein is a bit of a passion rather than a profession. I love everything about tuna, especially eating it. Joining the Pacific Islands Forum...
Pacific seeks action to protect albacore tuna
NADI, FIJI ISLANDS -- Pacific nations are urging fishing powers to take the first step towards protecting albacore tuna at next week’s meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries...
Pacific journalists in Nadi to cover tuna meeting
A group of journalists from the Pacific are in Nadi Fiji attending a training ahead of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting next week. The journalists are from Fiji,...
Vanuatu, Cook Islands work to resolve vessel blacklisting
Two Pacific island nations are at loggerheads over illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The Cook Islands has reported a Vanuatu flagged fishing boat for possible black listing in the...
Is it too late for the Big-eye Tuna?
THE Pacific Islands is at the brink of losing their catch of one of the top four tuna species - the Bigeye tuna. It was revealed in the SPC Fisheries Scientists recommendations to WCPFC11-13, that...
FFA’s TUNApacific: A new space to talk about tuna for Palau
To attract attention to tuna stories, I'm excited to be part of the new TUNApacific website aimed at bringing issues around tuna closer to our Pacific people; and sharing our tuna stories in one...
Tuna tagging in the Pacific – Papua New Guinea
A short movie about the latest PNG tuna tagging cruise in Jan-Mar 2012. Project funded by PNG NFA and jointly undertaken with SPC's Oceanic Fisheries Programme....
Crucial turning point for world’s biggest fishery
The Western Pacific tuna fishery is balanced on a knife edge, with over-fishing, rogue fishing activities and an insatiable demand for fish placing heavy pressure on this rich resource. Bigeye tuna...
