Oceanic whitetip shark … the species is threatened with extinction. Photo by Johan Lantz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
Climate change likely to see tuna move from Pacific territories, warns scientist
Republished from ABC Pacific Beat, 9 December 2019 As world leaders gather at COP25 in Spain for the latest round of climate change negotiations, fisheries leaders in the Pacific are voicing their...
Fish migration due to climate change creates tuna shortage in Fiji
On the line at a Pacific Islands tuna cannery. Photo: Francisco Blaha.
Pacific nations call on WCPFC members to combat impacts of climate change on tuna fisheries
Republished from SeafoodSource, 9 December 2019 Pacific fisheries officials are calling on the members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to band together and commit to...
Climate change tops list of Pacific priorities at halfway stage of WCPFC16
Inside the 16th Tuna Commission meeting in Port Moresby. Photo: F. Tauafialfi.
Relevance of Pacific leaders’ fisheries vision 40 years ago: Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen
“We remind ourselves that FFA members were the founding members for the Tuna Commission. And since the beginning, even during the days of the negotiations for the Convention [to establish the...
Pacific nations call for climate change resolution at Tuna Commission in PNG
FFC Chair Mr Eugene Pangelinan, left, and FFA Director-General Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen, right, at Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, for the 16th Tuna Commission meeting.
Pacific tuna reference: Reciprocity of weavers, planters, fishers
The 16th session of the Pacific Tuna Commission (WCPFC16) that oversees waters producing 55% of the global tuna catch gets underway this week in Papua New Guinea. With a yearly value of...
Media release: FFA takes climate change and a big agenda to WCPFC16
Yellowfin tuna … stocks of this and other species are a focus of FFA’s platform at WCPFC16. Photo: WWF
The Tuna Industry: Embracing technologies and sustainable strategies
Photo: SOCSKSARGEN Federation of Fishing and Allied Industries Inc.
