The western and central Pacific Ocean is home to the world"s most productive tuna fisheries, supplying global markets with canned tuna, sashimi and other tuna products...Conservation is increasingly a concern as some tuna and associated species are threatened by overfishing. Click on the lin
The Pacific environmental agency SPREP says it's happy with the progress made on conservation issues at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting in The Philippines last week.Click on the link below to read the full article.
A five-day series of meetings kicked off in Manila Sunday at which representatives from over 30 countries are eyeing to craft new tuna conservation measures in the western and central parts of the Pacific Ocean.Click on the link below to read the full article.
The head of the UN Environment's Pacific Office says protecting the oceans from plastic pollution is a high priority at the current global meeting in Kenya.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended changes to marine national monuments including Pacific Remote Islands.Click on the link below to read the full article.
A team of scientists, including New Zealanders, will leave soon to explore one of the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean - the Kermadec Trench.Click on the link below to read the full article.
A marine conservation who has just returned from an expedition to survey a massive 'garbage patch' in the South Pacific ocean says it's completely devoid of marine life.Click on the link below to read the full story.
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Marshall Islands have used the UN Oceans Conference underway in New York to amplify their long –standing concerns about nuclear contamination and pollution from World War 2 wrecks.
Marshall Islands wants more work done on clearing its oceans of the wrecks and debris of World War II. Foreign Minister John Salik says it is the hope of his administration that the risks posed by such wrecks including unexploded ordinances would be addressed. Original Article below
This to announce the last call for the 8 grants to help support participation at the upcoming IPFC Tahiti, October 2017 (https://ipfc10.criobe.pf/). Applications must be submitted before the 30th June 2017.
