Honolulu, Hawaii- With the consumer market increasingly demanding to know their food is sourced ethically and sustainably the eight tuna-producing nations that are Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have decided to address human and drug trafficking as part of their fisheries surveillance efforts. Tuna photo by Pew PNA CEO Ludwig Kumoru told reporters, ahead of the next week’s Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) annual meeting, that fisheries officials

Manila, Philippines- The Forum Fisheries Agency is delighted that the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has adopted its proposal for a new Port State Measure to combat illegal fishing by boosting Pacific Island capacity to conduct port inspections. Fisheries Forum Agency (FFA) James Movick said the adoption of the port state measure is a victory against illegal fishing. Tuna are offloaded from a fishing vessel spotted by the Palau Marine law enforcers t

Manila, Philippines- Vietnam is again under pressure to explain what measures it will put in place to stop the small blue boats poaching the reef resources of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and New Caledonia representatives at the 14th Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) here reiterated that the Vietnamese blue boats are unwelcome in the region. Photo by Richard W. Brooks “We have a sayin

Manila, Philippines- Illegal fishing by boats from Vietnam continues to be a problem in the Pacific, with New Caledonia and Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) raising the issue anew at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). Vietnamese Blue Boats were also spotted in Palau waters in the past years. Photo by Richard W. Brooks New Caledonia’s representative Manuel Ducrocq warned the WCPFC that the blue boats are back in the region. “Despite the statemen