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Samoa commits to revive voyaging heritage, as part of 12 com...

Large scale Marine Protected Areas: Lessons shared by the Pa...

Kiribati reiterates equitable return on tuna resources

By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in New York6 June 2017, UN Ocean Conference, New York - Pacific countries continue to raise their voices on their struggles to obtain suitable and equitable return fr... More detail

SPREP hopes for more action on war wrecks and nuclear contam...

Pushing the gender boundary in Samoa

By Samisoni Pareti, Senior Editor, Islands Business, in New York"The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the oceans domain, and over generations, our people have created an intimate relationship and a uni... More detail

Environmental chief calls for curb on ghost gear

By Samisoni Pareti, Senior Editor, Islands Business, in New York5 June, 2017, UN Ocean Conference, New York – Papua New Guinea leads the islands of the Pacific with the highest incidence of ghost ge... More detail

Ghost Gear wreaking havoc on our ocean

5 June 2017, UN Ocean Conference, New York -Discarded or abandoned fishing gear, also known as ghost gear, is responsible for at least one-tenth of all marine debris. It is four times more deadly to m... More detail

Marae Moana, a gift to the world.

"Mankind only has one earth, one atmosphere and one global ocean. One last chance to save it all for future generations." – Hon Henry Puna, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands5 June 2017, UN Ocean Co... More detail

Bainimarama calls for global crusade to save the oceans

By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in New York5 June 2017, UN Ocean Conference, New York - The first global oceans conference in New York opened with messages of optimism and hope that all countries wi... More detail

‘Truckload of plastics dumps into ocean per minute per day...