FFA prepares for WCPFC subcommittee
FFA members will meet in Pohnpei, FSM, from 25-30 September to prepare for the Technical and Compliance Committee Meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.
Media-Releases
FFA supports development of pole and line fishing in PNG and Solomon Islands through DEVFISH
PACIFIC TUNA FORUM, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 2-3 SEPTEMBER 2009: FFA’s assistance to PNG and Solomon Islands to help them establish new pole and line fishing ventures is being profiled by the Pacific Tuna Forum today and tomorrow.
FFA Fisheries Trade News August 2009
Articles in this month's edition include:
- PNG signs Interim Economic Partnership Agreement, Spanish Industry attempted to scupper global sourcing rules of origin
- Pacific island countries seek to reframe relations with distant water fishing nations and fleets
- Scientists sign consensus statement on threats to the Pacific Ocean
- International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) takes action on traceability, tuna stocks and bycatch
- Greenpeace rates fisheries eco-label schemes
- Developments among Spanish tuna firms
Region’s biggest maritime surveillance operation acts to stop illegal fishing
FFA REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS, HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, FRIDAY 21 AUGUST 2009: Operation Kurukuru 2009, a coordinated maritime surveillance operation in which countries cooperate to detect activities such as illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, smuggling and people trafficking, was hosted by FFA over 10 days.
Scientists discuss tuna stocks at WCPFC subcommittee meeting in Vanuatu
PORT VILA, VANUATU, 10-21 AUGUST 2009: At the annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Scientific Committee, scientists are discussing the state of tuna and other migratory fish stocks and associated fisheries issues.
FFA participates in Pacific Islands News Association Convention in Vanuatu
PORT VILA, VANUATU, 25-30 July 2009: The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has been raising awareness of fisheries issues with media attending the conference. At a pre-conference workshop, FFA presented an overview of fisheries including fisheries management, development and control of illegal fishing and the important role of DEVFISH (www.ffa.int/devfish) and the Oceanic Fisheries Management Project (www.ffa.int/gef/) in providing assistance to Pacific Island countries.
Fisheries development in Vanuatu recieves boost
PORT VILA, VANUATU, 25 JULY 2009: A new 2-Minute Brief, released today at the Pacific Islands News Association Convention, explains the Vanuatu Government and FFA's work to increase domestic development, particularly tuna processing and trade, in Vanuatu.
Historically, in Pacific Islands like Vanuatu, the main source of economic gains from tuna was to licence foreign fishing nations to fish in their waters, however recent innovations and strategic thinking has encouraged many Pacific Island nation
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS JULY 2009
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Tuna decision making processes explained
HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, MONDAY 20 JULY 2009: Ever wondered how countries negotiate the rules on tuna fishing? How international decisions between the Pacific Islands and the world’s biggest fishing countries are made? What is the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)? Who are its members and what it has done so far? How the WCPFC seeks to control fishing and illegal fishing?
FFA Trade News June 2009
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 2: Issue 6 June 2009
This issue includes articles on the PNA, onshore processing investments in PICS, Mexico-US tuna dolphin issues and trade, labour rights, the impact of piracy on Western Indian Ocean tuna fisheries and exporting tuna to China.