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SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT, PNA TELLS INDUSTRY 10 February, 2014 10:23

KOROR, PALAU, WEDNESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2011: Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Director Dr Transform Aqorau, in a speech to the Pacific Tuna Forum 2011, told tuna industry participants to work with the PNA or risk losing access to its rich fishing grounds.  

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PNA OPENS THE PACIFIC TUNA FORUM 2011 WITH KEY MESSAGE FOR INDUSTRY 10 February, 2014 10:24

KOROR, PALAU, TUESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2011: Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) members opened the Pacific Tuna Forum 2011, a major gathering of government, industry and other stakeholders interested in Pacific tuna, with calls for greater participation of Pacific Islanders in the tuna industry.

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PNA LAUNCHES OBSERVER VIDEO TO BE SCREENED ON EVERY LICENCED PURSE SEINE FISHING VESSEL 10 February, 2014 10:25

PACIFIC ISLANDS, THURSDAY 4 AUGUST 2011: The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) today launched a unique film for management and crew onboard purse seine fishing vessels. Modeled on safety demonstration videos screened to aeroplane passengers, the new PNA video, teaches crew about the five key rules of the PNA and how to comply. It will be mandatory to view the film before setting out from port, as part of the new PNA Observer Programme.

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PNA MINISTERS DECIDE: TIME FOR FISHING NATIONS TO TAKE THEIR OWN CONSERVATION ACTION, PAY FOR FISHING DAYS, & FOR THE WORLD TO CELEBRATE TUNA 10 February, 2014 10:26

PACIFIC ISLANDS, THURSDAY 28 JULY 2011: The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Ministers returned to their countries this week from their recent meeting in Samoa, with strong PNA positions calling for distant water fishing nations to take their own conservation actions to make regional tuna management more fair among all the stakeholders in the Western and Central Pacific.

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American Samoa Governor Togiola welcomes Parties to the Nauru Agreement ministers for familiarization visit to American Samoa 10 February, 2014 10:26

Governor Togiola Tulafono joined Tri Marine International to welcome to American Samoa the honorable ministers of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement on Saturday, July 23, 2011 for a two-day familiarization visit to the Territory. 

The Parties to the Nauru Agreement, or the PNA,  control 25% of the world’s supply of tuna. Countries of the PNA include the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.

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PNA ONE STEP CLOSER TO MSC ECOLABEL FOR FREE SCHOOL SKIPJACK TUNA 10 February, 2014 10:27

PACIFIC ISLANDS, FRIDAY 15 JULY 2011: The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) are one step closer to gaining the globally recognized MSC eco-label for sustainable harvested tuna, after the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) accepted and today published the very detailed consultation and assessment report by consultants, Intertek Moody Marine Ltd, which strongly recommends MSC certification of PNA free school skipjack tuna.

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PNA Quarterly Report No 1 10 February, 2014 10:28

Welcome to the first PNA Quarterly Report. These reports will detail activities undertaken by the PNA Office in the previous quarter and progress on the implementation of decisions adopted by Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA). We will also give you a snapshot of the status of fisheries in the past quarter, and progress with respect to implementation of decisions adopted by the Parties. Since this is the first such Report, the duration reported is January - June 2011.

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PNA MEETS WITH CHINESE INDUSTRY ABOUT INVESTMENT OPTIONS IN PNA COUNTRIES 10 February, 2014 10:29

The PNG National Fisheries Authority (NFA) Managing Director and Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Chairman Mr. Sylvester Pokajam and Delegates including the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) undertook an Investment Mission in Fisheries to China at the invitation of the Shanghai Fisheries General Corporation Group (SFGC) last week.

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SOLOMON ISLANDS CABINET ANNOUNCES TUNA FISHERY CLOSED TO FOREIGN PURSE SEINE VESSELS 10 February, 2014 10:30

HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, MONDAY 20 JUNE 2011: The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Director Dr Transform Aqorau, congratulated Solomon Islands Cabinet on their decision, announced Friday to close the tuna fishery to foreign fishing vessels.

Reaching their maximum limit of fishing days, Solomon Islands will cease to allow foreign fishing vessels to fish for tuna from this time onward. Efforts are being made for Solomon Islands to purchase 1000 fishing days from a country that has underused their current allocation of fishing days.

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MSC releases draft report on PNA skipjack tuna fishery for stakeholder comment 10 February, 2014 10:31

The draft report on the MSC certification assessment of the above fishery is now available for comment by stakeholders on www.msc.org. See http://www.msc.org/track-a-fishery/in-assessment/pacific/pna-western-an…

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