MANILA, 05 DECEMBER 2025 (PACNEWS) — The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have issued a firm warning to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC22) in Manila, rejecting any attempt to lock a Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) closure requirement into the design of the future Bigeye tuna Management Procedure (MP). In a statement […]
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Palau to host 2019 PNA fisheries ministers meeting
Palau will host next year’s fisheries management meetings of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA). The fisheries ministers from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Tokelau hold annual meetings to adopt policies affecting the multi-billion dollar western and central Pacific tuna fishery. The meeting […]
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Nations to decide on critical Pacific tuna stocks this week
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) chairperson Rhea Moss -Christian and Feleti Teo , WCPFC Executive Director talk to reporters ahead of the tuna commission this week . (Photo by Bernadette Carreon) Honolulu, Hawaii- Nations of the 27- member the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) will meet this week to make decisions […]