MPAs can play a significant role in addressing the threats facing the ocean. These areas can help boost ocean biodiversity, fisheries, and the economies that depend on them. Click on the link below to read the full article.
...as population growth in the region reaches 70 percent and cities and towns expand along island coastlines, waste, especially untreated sewage, has become a dire threat to coastal waters and their fisheries. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Council discussion centered around keeping healthy, sustainable U.S. Pacific Island fisheries viable amid an accumulation of U.S. regulations and international negotiations. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Speaking at the opening of the Pacific Fisheries and Green Climate Fund workshop in Nadi today , Fiji Fisheries Minister Semi Koroilavesau said the impacts of climate change would continue to be felt in our communities...Click on the link below to read the full article.
Good news from the Solomon Islands – It is now against the law to fish, retain, be in possession of, buy, sell or export dugong. Click on the link below to read the full article.
...research published in the journal Science warns that climate change is already compromising these benefits through changes in stock productivity and location. Click on the link below to read the full article.
“Compared to 10 years ago, our village coasts and forests have really degraded,” expressed one frustrated fisherman who won’t be named due to survey confidentiality conditions. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 presents FAO’s official world fishery and aquaculture statistics. Click on the link below for more information.
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and its international partners have wrapped up an operation focusing on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Pacific Ocean on the high seas outside Australian waters. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) inspected 23 foreign-flagged fishing vessels on the high seas as part of joint maritime patrols it conducted recently with three other countries. Click on the link below to read the full article.