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Western Pacific fishers, advisors continue to warn against US sanctuary proposal, imported tuna
28 Mar 2024 16:37 GMT
… advisors on the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council are warning … American fishers in the Pacific.
Fishers voiced a litany … unfair to the Hawai‘i fishing industry. The subsidized foreign imports … adoption of the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of …
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Milestone for Pacific/US Tuna Treaty
28 Mar 2024 10:54 GMT
… Tuna Treaty between the Pacific Island States and the … Memorandum of Understanding, the Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency ( … support being provided to Pacific Island Parties through the … countries to sustainably manage fishery resources that fall within …
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FFA launches new electronic systems to strengthen Pacific fisheries monitoring
25 Mar 2024 07:51 GMT
Prominent Fiji-based businessman Zhao Fugang is a trusted advocate for China’s interests in the Pacific. But Australian law enforcement and intelligence agencies suspect he plays another part: as a senior organized crime leader. Fugang has not been charged …
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Reporting to reusing: How satellite buoys from the purse seine fishery can benefit local communities
26 Mar 2024 18:06 GMT
… Pathways to sustaining tunadependent Pacific Island economies during climate … the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Fisheries Research. … L.M. 2021. Floatingobject fishery indicators: A 2021 report … the western and central Pacific Ocean, including economic …
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Fishermen Sound Alarm: US policies threaten way of life in US Pacific Islands
25 Mar 2024 18:36 GMT
… SAMOA — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPFMC) convened … MNM) and potentially the Pacific Remote Islands MNM with … to the Hawai‘i fishing industry.
“The subsidized foreign … LIMITATIONS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
Hawai‘i Council Member …
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Coastal halibut season opens May 2; Puget Sound fishery opens April 4
25 Mar 2024 15:42 GMT
… will see more opportunity for Pacific halibut,” said Lorna Wargo … an allocation that the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) … after the all-depth fishery opens until the nearshore … when the all-depth halibut fishery is closed, taking, retaining …
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Major global tuna fishery launches first electronic monitoring systems
25 Mar 2024 11:18 GMT
The Pacific Islands' Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has taken a significant step towards enhancing fisheries management with the launch of two electronic systems aimed at bolstering vessel registrations and Port State Measures (PSM), Islands Business …
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Concerns over nuclear waste disposal into Pacific: PNG
24 Mar 2024 17:35 GMT
… from Hiroshima into the Pacific Ocean would potentially endanger … that is generated through the fishing industry as revenue every year, … its waste into the Pacific Ocean.”
Meanwhile, Foreign … be continuous dialogue between Pacific countries and Tokyo.
SOURCE …
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Ocean Protection Delivers Massive Overlooked Economic Benefits to Fishing and Tourism
28 Mar 2024 17:57 GMT
… North Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific and Indian oceans. … MPAs, including an increased fishery catch (76%) and … that MPAs imperil the fishing industry, which has traditionally been … of ocean protection. The fishing industry has historically sought to …
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RMI appeal for climate justice
28 Mar 2024 09:53 GMT
… action.”
The filings by Pacific island nations and agencies follow … workshop on climate impacts on Pacific fisheries was held in New … the PNA-managed purse seine fishery has risen from $60 … Small Island States. The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and the …