Responsible sport fishing - Handling fish caught on surface lures and jigs
Produced by Nearshore Fisheries Development Section of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Southern Province of New Caledonia.
Scientific adverser:
Michel Blanc, Nearshore Fisheries Development Adviser, Pacific Community (SPC)
Emmanuel Coutures,…
Gender, human rights and sustainable resource management important aspects of significant Pacific-EU Marine Partnership Programme
(Photo Credit: Francisco Blaha, Marshall Islands)
Neville Smith
Neville brings a combination of proven scientific expertise in coastal and oceanic fisheries, broad management experience, and in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Pacific Community.
Norway fisheries and aquaculture scientists visit the Pacific to explore scientific collaboration possibilities
The Pacific Community (SPC) is hosting a delegation of Norwegian fisheries and aquaculture scientists and marine resources managers to scope out ways of sharing Norway’s extensive experience and marine capabilities with the Pacific region.
The team was…
Introductory address at the 11th Heads of Fisheries Meeting by Cameron Diver, Deputy Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC)
11th Heads of Fisheries Meeting
Introductory address
Cameron Diver, Deputy Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC)
Noumea, New Caledonia, 11 March 2019
Kia ora tātau.
E ngā mana,
E ngā reo,
E rau Rangatira mā,
Ngā mihi nui kia koutou katoa…
Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin #29
The Pacific Community is happy to share issue of the Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin on International Women’s Day.
The bulletin highlights the critical role women play in the fisheries sector in the Pacific.
Read…
Small-pond tilapia aquaculture and aquaponics featured at Global Climate Change Alliance meeting
Small-pond aquaculture and aquaponics with tilapia fish was showcased within a climate change context at the “Market Place” session of the Global Climate Change Alliance project inception meeting on Scaling Up Pacific Adaptation GCCA+SUPA in Suva this…
Mercury and tuna: a matter of size, species, and origin
A highly popular dish around the world, tuna meat unfortunately contains a toxin, methylmercury, focus of a joint transdisciplinary IRD-SPC study. For the first time, scientists were able to map mercury contained in tuna fish…
What do tuna eat?
A young intern female scientist from New Caledonia, Pauline Machful, spent six month at the Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystem (FAME) Division and the Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability (CCES) Programme of the Pacific Community…
Local tilapia hatchery investment pays off with first sale of 20,000 fish fingerlings
The Kaybee Farm at Nakasi near Suva began its first commercial sales of tilapia fingerlings this week, providing fish farmers with fresh pond stocks for the growing aquaculture industry in Fiji. The Kaybee Farm’s batch of 20,000 all-male fish fingerlings…