Pacific woman at the helm of Tuna Commission grateful to lead the multilateral organisation
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, Vietnam
One of the strong Pacific women leaders in Fisheries says news of her appointment to head the Pacific...
Japan’s plan to release nuke wastewater in Pacific Ocean will be devastating: New WCPFC...
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, Vietnam
The newly appointed executive director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission(WCPFC) tasked to take on the...
MSC certification issue not in Tuna Commission agenda at WCPFC19: Teo
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, Vietnam
The outgoing executive director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) says the threat by Marine...
Climate change to be a permanent regular item for WCPFC
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, in Vietnam
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has adopted a resolution for climate change to be part...
State of play: Skipjack Tuna management measures to be adopted at WCPFC19
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, Vietnam
Senior executives of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) are adamant the Commission will adopt management...
New WCPFC executive director will trail blaze for young women and girls in the...
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, in Vietnam
The chair of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has praised the appointment of Rhea...
Calls for concrete binding measures on fishers’safety, security and well-being regulation at WCPFC 19
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, Vietnam
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) observing at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC 19) meeting this week in...
More needs to be done to control rampant tuna transhipment in the high seas
By Pita Ligaiula, in Da Nang, Vietnam
Civil society organisations (CSOs) attending the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting in Vietnam believe transhipment...
Rhea Moss-Christian first Pacific woman to be WCPFC executive director
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, Vietnam
A candidate from the Northern Pacific in the Micronesian subregion is the first woman appointed to be the...
Pacific Tuna will not collapse next year if WCPFC fails to adopt management measures
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang
An expert in the tuna industry in the Pacific says the fishery will not collapse next year if the...
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Neville Choi takes PINA presidency as Moala steps down
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Papua New Guinea Media Council President Neville Choi has been elected President of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA),...
PNG secures bid to host 2028 Pacific Media Summit
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Papua New Guinea has secured the bid to host the Pacific Media Summit in 2028, with the decision taken...
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