As per the press communiqué FFA and SPC help Tuvalu to hold stakeholder consultations and develop a National Tuna Fisheries Management and Development Plan this week. They held a meeting to discuss a consultative process to upgrade Tuvalu’s fisheries laws and develop a new tuna fisheries management and development plan.
As their previous tuna management plan due to expire in 2006, Tuvalu also requested assistance to develop a new plan to strategise and set out actions to advance fisheries development while sustainably managing fisheries. The reviews and workshop are a coordinated effort of assistance by the FFA and SPC to the Tuvalu Government. This assistance is funded by the UNDP/GEF Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project and the EU funded SciCOFish project.
The report states that this week’s is the third and final stakeholder consultation of the Legislative Review and the review of the Tuvalu Tuna Fisheries Management and Development Plan. There will be an open forum to present further outcomes and strategic directions of the reviews.
