Pacific island nations have vowed to oppose US efforts to increase its catch limit in the world's largest tuna fishery, saying the proposal does nothing to improve sustainable fishing. Click on the link below to read the full article.
From Thailand to Alaska, the battle to tap ever-dwindling resources from minerals to fish is spurring new conflicts over who has the right to the treasures of the deep seas. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The Blue Pacific narrative underlies our ownership of our ocean space - Pacific people taking control of our domain, which is critical to managing our ocean resources, biodiversity, ecosystems and data...Click on the link below to read the full article.
Before this study, researchers thought the biggest source of biomass on the seafloor was organic matter—like dead fish and plankton—that floated down. Click on the link below to read the full article.
A new project that made its way into the Pacific Ocean to tackle the growing problem of oceanic plastic pollution has finally arrived at the Pacific Garbage Patch, a massive flotilla of floating debris and plastic. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Pacific Island countries want to rebrand as “large ocean states,” custodians of large swaths of the Pacific Ocean. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Creating large marine protected areas helps build resilience to climate change. 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.
Now that the trials are complete, we can only look forward to the coming months, when we’ll receive news on how the system is performing. Click on the link to read the full article.
...earlier this month, The Ocean Cleanup — a group of engineers, researchers and ocean lovers — kicked off an ambitious and potentially risky plan to directly scoop abandoned plastic out of the ocean. Click on the link below to read the full article.
