Protect Tuna or lose billions: FFA DG Pakop
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director-General Noan Pakop has called for stronger regional surveillance and monitoring to protect Pacific...
Solomon Islands calls for funds to build new Pacific Fisheries Surveillance Centre
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Solomon Islands Foreign Minister and head of delegation Rick Houenipwela has called on development partners and philanthropic organisations to...
Regional surveillance is key to protecting Pacific livelihoods: Palau Fisheries Minister
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Palau Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment, Steven Victor says stronger regional monitoring and surveillance is essential...
25th Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial Meeting concludes in Wellington
The 25th Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC) Ministerial Meeting and the 7th Regional Fisheries Ministers Meeting (RFMM) concluded on 02 July 2026 with a Ministerial...
Tonga ratifies 2024 U.S Treaty amendments
The Kingdom of Tonga has taken another important step in strengthening regional fisheries cooperation, with Viliami Sisifa, Tonga’s Minister for Fisheries, signing and depositing...
New Zealand hosts Pacific Fisheries Ministers for landmark Forum Fisheries Committee meeting
Fisheries Ministers, senior officials and delegates from across the Pacific gathered in Aotearoa New Zealand Tuesday for the 25th Annual Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC)...
Pacific Fisheries Ministers in Wellington for 25th FFC Ministerial
New Zealand Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones will today welcome 16 Pacific Island fisheries ministers to Wellington for the Forum Fisheries Ministerial Committee...
South Pacific Group Ministers celebrate progress and renew commitment to regional uni
Ministers from the South Pacific Group (SPG) gathered today in Wellington to reflect on the Group's achievements and collective successes. Convening in the margins...
Ika Moana Rises Again – Strengthening Pacific Leadership in Maritime Surveillance
The Pacific Ocean is vast and full of potential. It is a resource that Pacific peoples have long relied on, which makes protecting it...
Trump reopens Pacific marine monument waters to commercial fishing
U.S President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation reopening nearly half a million square miles of protected waters in the Pacific to commercial fishing,...
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