Ecosystems and climate of the WCPO: news and views
- Pacific islands losing tuna stocks to ocean warming, SciDev.Net, August 2021
- Climate change is causing tuna to migrate, which could spell catastrophe for the small islands that depend on them, The Conversation, August 2021
- Series by Radio New Zealands Pacific Waves current affairs program: Climate change migration of tuna threatening Pacific economies, audio (6.04 mins), 31 July 2021; Study on tuna migration to boost Pacific COP26 negotiations, 4 August; Scientists urge Pacific to be proactive about tuna migration, audio (5.13 mins), 3 August 2021; Climate change casts doubt on Pacific fishing rights management, 5 August 2021
- Tonga launches marine atlas and meets protection promise, TunaPacific, June 2021
- Fiji on protecting sharks in the WCPO, TunaPacific, June 2021
- FFA study on marine pollution to boost compliance with fishing rules, TunaPacific, June 2021
- WWF calls for urgent measures to recover heavily depleted oceanic sharks and rays, TunaPacific, May 2021
- Marine pollution from fishing vessels: what is the WCPFC doing about it?, November 2018; Blog post by Viv Fernandes on website of Siwatibau and Sloan, Fiji
- Pacific talks ocean, climate change action with United Kingdom, TunaPacific, September 2020
- Palaus huge marine sanctuary at centre of election debate, China Dialogue Ocean, September 2020
- Pacific fisheries ministers raise coastal fisheries, marine pollution and climate change concerns, TunaPacific, August 2020; media release from FFA, Pacific Community, Pacific Regional Environmental Programme, Pacific Islands Forums Secretariat, and Parties to the Nauru Agreement from first Pacific Regional Fisheries Ministers Meeting
- Its terrifying: can anyone stop Chinas vast armada of fishing boats?, Guardian, August 2020
- FFA convenes talks on impacts of climate change on tuna, TunaPacific, June 2020
- Wallis and Futuna counts FADs washed up on its coasts, TunaPacific, May 2020
- Nearly 17,000 tuna tagged in latest research cruise, TunaPacific, February 2020
- Climate change resolution tops list of wins for Pacific nations at 16th Tuna Commission meeting, TunaPacific, December 2019
- Tuna Commission adopts FFA climate change resolution, TunaPacific, December 2019
- Tuna Commission adopts climate change resolution, recognises impact of climate change on fisheries, TunaPacific, December 2019
- Climate change likely to see tuna move from Pacific territories, warns scientist, TunaPacific, December 2019
- Pacific nations call on WCPFC members to combat impacts of climate change on fisheries, TunaPacific, December 2019
- Tuna Commission adopts measure to safeguard seabirds from dying as bycatch, TunaPacific, December 2019
- Call for urgent action as oceanic whitetip sharks face extinction, TunaPacific, December 2019
- Rays to be released while still in the water: postcard from WCPFC16, TunaPacific, December 2019
- Fish migration due to climate change creates tuna shortage in Fiji, TunaPacific, December 2019
- FFA takes climate change and a big agenda to WCPFC16, TunaPacific, December 2019
- The Kainaki II declaration is a signal of our strength, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, August 2019
- The Kainaki II declaration is a signal of Pacific strength, The Interpreter, August 2019
- Pacific leaders, Australia agree to disagree about action on climate change, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 2019
- WWF supports Pacific leaders call for a global treaty to curb marine plastic pollution, WWF, August 2019
- Pacific Islands Forum issues strongest-ever statement on climate, cites security threat, SDG Knowledge Hub, August 2019
- Climate change will cost Pacific islands $60m in lost tuna revenue, Undercurrent News, July 2019
- Climate change linked to PNG fishing losses, Radio New Zealand, June 2019
- Study: climate change will redistribute tuna populations, Undercurrent News, April 2019
- Tuna nations bid to climate-proof EEZs, TunaPacific, December 2018
- Boe Declaration: navigating an uncertain Pacific, by Murray Ackman, Anna Naupa and Patrick Tuimalealiifano, The Interpreter, October 2018
- Climate change impacts on fisheries and biodiversity of Pacific island countries and territories, Science Trends, November 2017
