Islands Business awarded the honour of "Organisation of the Year 2010" to the PNA in an unprecedented acknowledgement by the magazine of the contribution of an organisation to Pacific Islands development.
Read moreA recent article written by staff from the Pew Environment Group on the PNA's proposal to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission to ban setting around whale sharks was commended by National Geographic's News Editor David Braun.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
A Whale Shark of an Opportunity Lost in Hawaii
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2010/12/whale-shark-of-an-opportunity-lost.html
The Samoa Observer provided details of the keynote address of Governor of American Samoa Togiola Tulafono. The Governor spoke positively about the development of the PNA which he says also helps the development of American Samoa.
SAMOA NEWS
Governor to Pacific Island Nations: we must work together on fishing rights
http://www.samoanews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=21517&edition=1291888800
Nature magazine, a leading weekly international scientific journal founded in 1869, featured an article on the PNA and conservation in its December edition.
NATURE MAGAZINE
Islands champion tuna ban
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101208/full/468739a.html
Agence France Presse and many other media outlets in Australia, Europe and the US reported on the PNA's annoucement they would reduce fishing days by 30%. Read an example of the reporting below.
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE/THE AGE NEWSPAPER
Pacific group seeks 30 per cent tuna cut
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/pacific-group-seeks-30-per-cent-tuna-cut-20101127-18b4o.html
MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS, FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2010: The Ministerial Meeting of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) which includes leaders from Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu, today launched the PNA website – www.pnatuna.com
Read moreMAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS, FRIDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2010: The Ministerial Meeting of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) which includes leaders from Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu, today agreed to take action to restrict access to fishing grounds and so increase economic returns to its members.
Read moreThe Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) advanced their record of innovative conservation and management measures last week by advancing a proposal to protect whale sharks.
Up to 12 metres long, whale sharks are the largest living fish species in the world admired for their distinctive spotted markings and gentleness towards divers. Being a long-lived species (70 years), and subject to fishing, their status has been classified by the IUCN as vulnerable.
Read moreInternational media reported the announcement of the PNA to seek certification by the Marine Stewardship Council of its purse-seine caught skipjack tuna. For an example of the praise given to this initiative, see comment from WWF below.
SCIENCE CENTRIC/WWF
Western Pacific Islands taking back control of their fisheries
http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/10042838-western-pacific-island-states-taking-back-control-their-fisheries.html
MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS, 23 APRIL 2010: As this week’s meeting of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) drew to a close today, the PNA agreed for the world’s largest closure of the high seas to purse seine fishing.
The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) includes Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu – collectively these countries are the owners of 25% of the world’s tuna supply.