FFA and World Bank strengthen dialogue on fisheries support
Senior officials from the World Bank held a meeting with FFA Director-General Noan David Pakop and senior FFA staff at the margins of the Development Partner Symposium in Suva to…
Pacific at the centre of a changing global tuna market
A report released by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) highlights major changes in the international tuna industry and what they mean for Pacific Island countries and territories. The…
FFA and ILO join forces to improve working conditions for Pacific fishing crews
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) have formalised a new partnership aimed at strengthening the protection of human rights and labour standards for…
Tuna stocks healthy, IUU fishing losses down, reports FFA DG
Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) D-G Noan David Pakop addressed Pacific leaders at the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM54) in Honiara to outlining the region’s achievements in…
Reinforcing unity against illegal fishing
Operation Island Chief 2025 (OPIC25), part of the ongoing programme of surveillance and monitoring operations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing across the Pacific, has concluded after running…
Pacific partnership protects shared seas
Frontline agencies from the Pacific Quadrilateral Defence Coordination Group (PQUAD) – Australia, New Zealand, France and the United States of America – partnered with colleagues from Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, the…
Milestone agreement on South Pacific Albacore
After nearly two decades of negotiation, and representing a historic advancement in regional fisheries cooperation, a landmark agreement has ben reached on allocation of South Pacific albacore tuna. Officials have…
Highlighting the legal duty to strengthen fisheries enforcement
As the Judicial Symposium 2025 just wrapped up in Honiara, one of the standout moments of the three-day gathering was the keynote address delivered by Honourable. Judge Dr Kathy-Ann Brown…
The FFA-Niue side event deliberated under the theme On the Road to Climate-Resilient Fisheries
Pacific leaders lobby for climate-resilient fisheries
Pacific leaders have issued a unified call for urgent global action to protect the world’s largest tuna production region from the accelerating impacts of climate change. This comes with a…
Niue meeting concludes with strong commitments to regional cooperation and sustainability
The 138th Annual Officials Meeting of the Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC) concluded in Niue after a productive week of deliberations and strategic discussions. The outcomes from this meeting will now…
