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COVID-19 and its likely impact on the tuna industry in the Pacific Islands

Tuna purse seiners Credit USCG Press CC BY 2.0

The importance of tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) cannot be underestimated. Approximately 60 percent of the raw material for the global tuna canning market comes from the WCPO. There are two reasons why COVID-19’s impact on…

Sadhana Sen
April 27, 2020

While celebrating 40 years of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) there comes a grim warning the Oceans are running out of oxygen and threatening fish stocks

An article published in today’s edition of Solomon Times on Line reminds us all that it was forty years ago that 12 Pacific leaders met in the Solomon Islands under the chairmanship of the late Rt Hon Peter Kenilorea. They…

Frank Short
December 9, 2019

COVID-19 and its likely impact on the tuna industry in the Pacific Islands

While celebrating 40 years of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) there comes a grim warning the Oceans are running out of oxygen and threatening fish stocks ﻿

While celebrating 40 years of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) there comes a grim warning the Oceans are running out of oxygen and threatening fish stocks