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 tropical tuna unmanaged as meeting fails to reach consensus by one vote, SeafoodSource, December 2020
- Plea for Pacific tuna regulator to call emergency session, Radio New Zealand, December 2020
- A fruitful collaboration continues in the Philippines, on tuna tagging and other research with SPC, Fisheries Newsletter number 163 (SeptemberDecember 2020)
- 2020 tuna research at sea conducted, but cut back to follow COVID-19 rules, TunaPacific, November 2020
- Back to the ocean, Bruno Leroy and Valrie Allain, in SPCs Fisheries Newsletter number 162; on SPCs tuna tagging research voyage for 2020 amended by COVID-19 safety measure
- How the Pacific Community contributes to the annual WCPFC Scientific Committee meeting, by Graham Pilling, Fisheries Newsletter number 162, Pacific Community, 2020; gives background on how tuna stock assessments are conducted
- Western and Central Pacific banks on SPC specimen collection, TunaPacific, July 2020
- On World Tuna Day, the Pacific states focus on flourishing, TunaPacific, May 2020
- Nearly 17,000 tuna tagged in latest research cruise, TunaPacific, February 2020
- Tonga Ocean Plan to help better manage tuna and marine resources, TunaPacific, January 2020
- Healthy tuna stocks in the Pacific pave the way for strategic sustainable fisheries management, Pacific Community, December 2019
- Climate change likely to see tuna move from Pacific territories, warns scientist, ABC Pacific Beat, December 2019
- Landmark FFA resolution on climate change adopted by WCPFC16, WWF Pacific, December 2019
- Pacific stumbles on tuna targets, Islands Business, December 2019
- Pacific nations call on WCPFC members to combat impacts of climate change on tuna fisheries, TunaPacific, December 2019
- Climate change likely to see tuna move from Pacific territories, warns scientist, TunaPacific, December 2019
- Fish migration due to climate change creates tuna shortage in Fiji, TunaPacific, December 2019
- Report indicates key tuna stocks in Western and Central Pacific are healthy, TunaPacific, December 2019
- More research needed into Pacific resource management: Palau govt, Radio New Zealand, November 2019
- Scientists report than PNA tuna stocks are healthy, PNA, April 2019
- ISSF: most of world’s tuna stocks still not receiving MSC pass scores, TunaPacific, January 2019
- PNA fisheries officials briefed by FFA on measures that promote sustainable fishing, Tuna Pacific, December 2018
- Palau joins other Pacific ministers fort tough talks ahead of tuna meeting, TunaPacific, December 2018
- Tuna diplomacy†building regional relationships while protecting fish stocks and improving local economies, Tuna Pacific, December 2018
- PNA members review strategic plan, particularly on management of FADs, Tuna Pacific, December 2018
- WCPFC15 ends with positive measures in place to improve prospects for commercial tuna stocks, TunaPacific, December 2018
- Outgoing Tuna Commission chair calls for consideration of future generations, TunaPacific, December 2018
- FFA supports proposals by WCPFC to establish scientific-dialogue forum, TunaPacific, December 2018
- FFA backs stronger tuna management at Tuna Commission next week, TunaPacific, December 2018
- Samoa wants tropical tuna measure to remain, and action on climate change, TunaPacific, December 2018
- Pacific fisheries officials plan for sustainable and profitable longline fisheries, TunaPacific, November 2018
- Micronesia challenges tuna-fishing nations to follow its lead in making fishing transparent by 2023, Tuna Pacific, October 2018
- Pacific tuna fisheries sustainable but need to consider threats, especially from climate change, TunaPacific, May 2018
- PNA certified again as having sustainable skipjack and yellowfin tuna fisheries, Radio New Zealand, March 2018
- What is going on with bigeye tuna?, by John Hampton, Fisheries Newsletter number 153, Pacific Community, 2017. Discusses the revised assessment for bigeye tuna used in 2017 as a result of research conducted in the WCPO, rather than relying on scientific understanding of bigeye in the eastern Pacific.
- Profiles from the Oceanic Fishery: Rhea Moss-Christian, TunaPacific, April 2017
- Heads of Fisheries call to action on sustainable fisheries management, SPC, March 2017
- New Zealand funds major boost for South Pacific albacore long-line management, FFA, February 2017
- Bigeye tuna stocks at all time low in Pacific, TunaPacific, November 2016
- Crucial turning point for worlds biggest fishery, TunaPacific, November 2016
- Overfishing puts $42 billion tuna industry at risk of collapse,The Guardian, referencing a Pew Charitable Trusts report, May 2016
