The Pacific Ocean is vast. It is so big you can fit not one, not two, but five of Earth’s moons inside it and have room left over. If that doesn’t sound impressive, then how about fitting the whole...
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
Success of 2021 WCPFC meeting could be hampered by ongoing travel restrictions
The year 2020 will be remembered for the many different ways the COVID-19 pandemic dominated human lives. COVID swaggered; blazed. Seemingly overnight, it carved a one-in-a lifetime transboundary...
WCPFC17 members agree on way to negotiate new Tropical Tuna Measure in 2021
A process for negotiating a new Tropical Tuna Measure has been agreed by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), paving the way for adoption at the end of next year. At this...
IATTC leaves tropical tuna unmanaged as meeting fails to reach consensus by one vote
By Chris Chase, republished from SeafoodSource, 8 December 2020 The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) has failed to reach a consensus on the management of tropical tunas by one vote –...
WCPFC17 expects to carry over vital Tropical Tuna Measure in this year’s virtual meeting
The virtual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission kicked off this week with one of the anticipated positive outcomes being the rollover of the Tropical Tuna Measure on...
Set in stone: 2021 rules and regulations for tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
The collapse of negotiations to regulate and manage tuna stocks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean last week is cause for international concern. The ensuing lack of management oversight by the...
WCPFC to consider rollover of Tropical Tuna Measure in upcoming virtual meeting
Republished from SeafoodSource, 4 December 2020 The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) will hold its regular annual session from 7 to 15 December, with the renewal of the...
WCPO bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks remain healthy
Republished from FFA Trade and Industry News, volume 13, issue 4, July–August 2020 WCPFC’s 16th Scientific Committee (SC16) was held virtually from 12–19 August 2020. During this...
Rays to be released while still in the water: postcard from WCPFC16
Tuna fishers will have to do everything they can to save rays, including the magnificent manta ray, that are unintentionally caught during fishing operations. Several species of mobulid rays, which...
Handling seabirds so they survive: postcard from WCPFC16
Short-tailed albatross with chicks … one of many species of albatrosses that face extinction, partly from getting hooked on fishing lines when following fishing vessels
