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10 Western Central Pacific Fisheries Convention related fact sheets

5 Species fact sheets in English and French

OFMP began in October 2005, with an early pilot phase concluding in 2004 and so far has achieved the following:
• negotiation and coming into force of a major international fisheries Convention, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
• establishment of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission for the Convention and early progress on putting in place conservation and management measures for the regions highly valuable tuna fisheries

FFA monitoring, control and surveillance experts meet about illegal fishing

HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, FRIDAY 3 APRIL 2009: Experts in monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries from the 17 member countries and territories of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) will meet today and next week to discuss how they can better respond on a regional level to illegal fishing.

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Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project (OFM Project)

Pacific Islanders call this region simply “the islands”. International organisations and scientists call it the Western Tropical Pacific Warm Pool Large Marine Ecosystem or the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.