MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2013, PACIFIC ISLANDS: The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) says new rules to tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific must cut catches of bigeye tuna by longline fishing vessels especially in the high seas.
The PNA manages the world’s largest sustainable tuna purse seine fishery. Tuna purse seiners target skipjack tuna, which is commonly used in canned tuna products.
Read moreAUSTRIA, FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2013: Pacifical, a partnership between the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) which manages the world’s largest sustainable tuna purse seine fishery and Sustunable, a EU based sustainable marketing enterprise, will put PNA tuna on the shelves of SPAR supermarkets, under their home brand in Austria today.
The Pacifical tuna is skipjack tuna caught from wild schools (rather than using Fish Aggregating Devices or FADs) and carries the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) ecolabel.
Read moreHONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 18 SEPTEMBER 2013: The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) with the support of sponsors National Fisheries Authority (NFA) of Papua New Guinea, Tri Marine International and Frabelle have launched a book of stories and art on the wonders of tuna.
Printed copies of the book of winning entries in the PNA World Tuna Day Art and Talent Quest were distributed at the Pacific Tuna Forum being held in Honiara this week to political and business leaders. The Pacific Tuna Forum 2013 opens today and closes tomorrow.
Read moreHONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2013: At a key speech to the Pacific Tuna Forum held this week in Honiara, the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) CEO said the PNA Vessel Day Scheme had not yet reached its full potential.
While the PNA Vessel Day Scheme had increased the value of the fishery from 1.9 to 3.8 million USD since 2010, Dr Aqorau said there were still gaps in implementation and understanding of Pacific governments, foreign fishing nations and industry that meant they had not maximized the benefits of the scheme.
Read morePNA VESSEL DAY SCHEME DOUBLED REVENUE BUT STILL NOT REACHED FULL POTENTIAL, SAYS PNA CEO
HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2013: At a key speech to the Pacific Tuna Forum held this week in Honiara, the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) CEO said the PNA Vessel Day Scheme had not yet reached its full potential.
PNA LAUNCHES BOOK OF PRIZE WINNING ART AND TALENT QUEST ENTRIES
HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 18 SEPTEMBER 2013: The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) with the support of sponsors National Fisheries Authority (NFA) of Papua New Guinea, Tri Marine International and Frabelle have launched a book of stories and art on the wonders of tuna.
PNA LEADERS MEET IN MAJURO TO DISCUSS KEY ECONOMIC ISSUES
MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS, WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER: The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Leaders met today while being in Majuro for the Pacific Island Forum Leaders meetings.
Leaders were briefed on the PNA’s work to manage the world’s largest sustainable tuna purse seine fishery.
Issues discussed by PNA Leaders include:
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WEDNESDAY, 28 AUGUST 2013, TOKYO, JAPAN: The PNA Secretariat has presented a fresh proposal to stop overfishing of bigeye tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. The proposal also ensures that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) do not bear a disproportionate burden of conservation.
The draft Conservation and Management Measure was presented to a critical working group of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission being held this week in Tokyo, Japan.
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