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Increasing temperatures globally not only engenders global warming but gives rise to ocean acidification, destroying marine ecosystems. Fishermen across Fiji say coral bleaching is an issue being noticed in some fishing grounds, causing a decline in fish stock.

Tonga’s massive underwater volcanic eruption could deliver long-lasting damage to coral reefs, erode coastlines and disrupt fisheries, say scientists studying satellite images and looking to the past to project the future of the remote region...Tonga’s exclusive economic zone of nearly 700,000 ma

The Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, La'auli Leuatea Schmidt says Samoa remains committed to ensuring the long-term sustainability of the Blue Pacific’s fisheries resources. La'auli had made the comments during a virtual address to the China-Pacific Island Countries Forum on Fisheries Coop

The Kiribati government is planning to open up the Phoenix Island Protection area (PIPA) to commercial fishing to boost revenue. The region, almost the size of California, is a UNESCO World Heritage marine park and one of the largest in the world.

The waters of the Pacific Islands countries (PICs) are home to numerous aquatic species that are listed in the CITES Appendices, and which support livelihoods and economic opportunities for communities in over a dozen Parties to the Convention.

Vanuatu's new patrol boat, RVS Takuare, spotted four foreign vessels in Vanuatu's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between October 25 to November 5, as part of its first ever operation known as 'Kuru Kuru'.

The benefits of sustainably managed wild fisheries, which support food and nutritional security, livelihoods, and cultures, are being undermined by government payments that incentivise overcapacity and lead to overfishing, biodiversity degradation and loss, and CO2 emissions, the scientists argue

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (M.A.F.) has moved to take a tough stand against the breaching of fisheries regulations which prohibits the catching of under-sized fishes.  The Assistant Chief Executive Officer (A.C.E.O) of the M.A.F.