Tuna industry

FFA convenes talks on impacts of climate change on tuna

The meeting is part of the Secretariat’s work programme emanating from Forum Fisheries Ministers.  At their meeting held in Pohnpei, FSM in June 2019, Ministers agreed that this work would include:

(i) adaptive management regimes (ii) working with a consortium of partners to secure maritime boundaries in the face of sea-level rise and (iii) managing tuna stocks to support their contribution to the food security of Pacific Island communities.

COVID-19 and its likely impact on the tuna industry in the Pacific Islands

Approximately 60 percent of the raw material for the global tuna canning market comes from the WCPO. There are two reasons why COVID-19’s impact on the tuna industry should be monitored.

First, shelf-stable foods, such as canned tuna, have taken on a new level of significance for food security. Second, Pacific island countries are dependent on revenues from the licensing of fishing vessels.

Journalists encouraged to look beyond information already available

He made the comment when welcoming participants to the two-day “TUNAnomics’ workshop at Roomers Outricker conference room in Port Vila.

The workshop focuses on the economics of Tuna fisheries in Vanuatu.

Mr Chadrack said the tuna fisheries resource, which is the only largest natural resources that Vanuatu has with a total estimate catch of around 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes of fish per year on average, is a lot of fish to support processing industry locally.