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...
News and views on bycatch in the WCPO The Pacific Community (SPC) publishes a fisheries newsletter three times a year. Most issues from April 1971 are available online. WWF calls for urgent measures to recover heavily depleted oceanic sharks and rays,...
News on catch and harvest in the region Noro first e-port in the Pacific introduces digital catch documents and tracing, TunaPacific, July 2021 The mice that roared: how eight tiny countries took on foreign fishing fleets, Christopher Pala, Guardian, June 2021 Why the...
News and views on tuna stocks in the region How we know how much tuna there is and whether fishing is sustainable, TunaPacific, May 2021 Zoomed to fail? Cracks appear in Pacific Islands Forum as COVID pulls nations apart, Guardian, 2 February 2021 IATTC leaves...
News and views on tuna economics of the region The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) produces an industry trade briefing called FFA Trade and Industry News. It is published every two months, going back to December 2007. Moana voices, FFA publication aimed...
Following the rules Observers board vessels fishing for tuna in the WCPO and collect information about catches to ensure the rules are followed. Various surveillance methods support observers.