From luxury lotions to tasty local dishes: Tonga’s mozuku seaweed producer reinvents his company to face the challenges of COVID-19
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, cruise ship traffic in the Pacific halted. Access to luxury markets disappeared. Small local businesses were severely affected. By developing different products and new markets, in the Kingdom of Tonga, in Oceania…
Pacific Tuna Tagging Expedition Overcomes COVID Challenge
Despite the significant challenges presented by COVID-19, the Pacific Community (SPC) 7-week research expedition to monitor the health of world’s largest tuna fishery have departed from Honolulu on Saturday 15 August 2020.
Half of the world's tuna catch…
First Regional Fisheries Ministerial Meeting (Virtual)
Leadership for Effectiveness
Leadership for Effectiveness is made up of two courses: Inclusive Strategic Leadership and Leading and Managing People.
E-reporting tuna data collection in Tonga
Tonga has a relatively small and localised tuna fishery comprised of both National (Flag State) and Foreign longline fleet (Coastal state). Some catch is landed in Tonga for export or for the local market, while other catch is exported, adding value…
Gender, Social Inclusion and Human Rights issues in Coastal Fisheries
Participants : Cook Islands ; Fiji, FSM, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuat ;This regional workshop aims to present key findings and recommendations from a legal analysis on gender and human right issues in coastal fisheries and…
SPC signs agreement with Aquaculture Without Frontiers to support private sector aquaculture enterprises
With the objective of strengthening private sector aquaculture enterprises, a Special Service Agreement has been signed this month between the Pacific Community (SPC) and Aquaculture Without Frontiers (AwF).
Under this agreement, AwF will provide…
At virtual meeting, 7 Pacific countries discuss how legislation can better protect the rights of small-scale fishers
This week, the Pacific Community (SPC) led online consultative discussions with representatives from seven Pacific Island countries (Cook Islands, Fiji, FSM, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga) around the key findings of a recently…
Tilapia fish farms casting wider nets in Fiji
Ensuring Food security in the midst of COVID-19 has become a priority across the Pacific, with limited imports increasing the demand for local staples. However, the instinct for survival and self-sufficiency is resulting in a growing number…
(VIRTUAL) 16th Regular Session of the Scientific Committee of the WCPFC