What's my Tuna Commission why? My passion for maritime advocacy comes from a love for albatrosses and seabirds. I grew up in a country where we have more seabirds than land birds! New Zealand is the...
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
#WCPFC15 Postcards: SWIMMING WITH THE FISH- Charleston (Charlie) Deiye, CEO Fisheries, Nauru
This Tuna T-shirt? It started as a doodle, and it's not a tuna.It's something created while I listened to everyone during a meeting. I doodle away while I'm thinking about what's being said....
#WCPFC15 Postcards: CONSENSUS THROUGH COMPROMISE- Feleti Tulafono, Fisheries Director, Tokelau
I've been working in Fisheries for seven years, and I think it's mainly because of my interest in this work that I'm still here, at my fourth Tuna Commission. Don't ask me what my big memories are...
Pacific fisheries leaders highlight Tuna Commission action
Honolulu 14 December 2018 — Pacific Islands fisheries leaders expressed satisfaction with the actions taken this week by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to support...
Labour standards push hopes for thumbs up from Tuna Commission
Building on the success of their support for Observer safety at the 2016 Pacific Tuna Commission session in Nadi, Forum Fisheries countries are gunning for the 15th session in Honolulu this week to...
Pacific nations warned of threat to sovereignty from Distant Water Fishing Nations
HONOLULU, 13 DECEMBER 2018 (PACNEWS)---- Papua New Guinea’s Fisheries Industry Association has warned delegates at the Tuna Commission to ensure their national interests are protected from the...
Japan does not support US big-eye proposal at Tuna Commission
Japan believes that the US proposal to increase its bigeye catch limit is not fair. The proposal would reward countries for better than minimum observer coverage on their longline vessels and for...
Japan seeks to continue fishing in Palau waters
Japan stressed the importance of its relationship with the Pacific, with most of the big scale fishing by the Japanese being centered in Pacific nations' water. Head of Delegation for Japan Shingo...
Japan speaks out on ‘unfair’ US proposal
Japan said that the United States proposal to that the Tuna Commission increase its catch-quota on for bigeye tuna is “unfair,” “I think the US is picking up only limited factors which are in favour...
FSM taps into technology for full tuna transparency
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is tapping into the latest high-tech surveillance technology to be its eyes on the vessels to monitor fishing activities in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ)...
