Tackling gender gaps in fisheries
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) in collaboration with the Pacific Community (SPC), has hosted its first ever Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Forum at the FFA Conference Centre…
Celebrating tuna’s significance in Pacific cuisine
The Tuna Bites campaign, launched by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Pacific Community (SPC), celebrates the UN World Tuna Day and Pacific Tuna Month. The campaign,…
Jelly FAD trials enter new phase
Taiwanese fisheries group FCF has entered the at-sea trial stage of the jelly FAD experiment in collaboration with The Pacific Community (SPC), which is the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries…
Pacific Island nations to develop advanced warning system for tuna migration
A Pacific Community (SPC) led NZ$25 million regional partnership aimed at enabling Pacific nations to adapt their tuna fisheries to the impacts of climate change has been announced by the…
The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) is found to have had a negligible impact on the conservation of skipjack and bigeye tuna in the WCPO
Questioning the effectiveness of MPAs in conserving tuna stocks
The first-ever quantitative evaluation of the contribution of no-take Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to the conservation of tropical tunas in the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) has been published…
Inspiring Pacific youth on World Tuna Day
The tuna that ‘feeds the world’ was acknowledged in a week of activities celebrating the Pacific tuna which contributes a third of the world’s tuna supply. Kicking off on UN…