Tag: Forum Fisheries Agency
Fiji police evict two Chinese defence attaches amid Pacific Forum tensions
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Fiji police have evicted two Chinese defence attaches from a Pacific Islands Forum summit in Suva while US Vice-President Kamala Harris...
‘Suspicious’ fishing vessels spotted in Solomon Islands waters
By Priestley Habru in Honiara
A Pacific-wide maritime surveillance operation this week discovered a few suspicious foreign vessels in Solomon waters.
The Pacific Islands Forum Agency...
Virtual ministerial fisheries meeting voices concerns over ‘state of Pacific’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A new look Regional Fisheries Ministers (RFMM) group met for the first time virtually last week to discuss the state of...
Solomon Islands success over EU tuna fisheries market access earns praise
News of the return to green card status for Solomon Islands tuna into the European Union market provides much-deserved cause for celebration, says the...
Vanuatu agrees to pay Vt18 million fine to avoid fisheries blacklisting
Compiled by Jane Joshua in Port Vila
Vanuatu has reached an agreement to pay a substantial fine to the Cooks Islands, after Rarotonga reported a...
Pacific-wide study tipped to show ‘real value’ of lost fisheries
By Lealaiauloto Fatu Tauafiafi in Auckland
Seventeen Pacific island countries, including New Zealand and its territory Tokelau, will have the results of a Pacific-wide study...
Indian Ocean’s Smartfish wins global award for fight against illegal fishing
By Lealaiauloto A F Tauafiafi in Auckland
The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) has walked away with the top two global prizes awarded for efforts against...
Work together on illegal fisheries – ‘no nation is immune’, says...
By Lealaiauloto A F Tauafiafi in Auckland
At the official opening of the 5th Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop today there was general agreement that...
Pacific countries offer to compromise over tuna fishing deadlock
By Lucy Craymer in Hong Kong
United States boats might soon be allowed back into the world’s best tuna fishing waters after the 17 Pacific...