OUR TEAM
provides policy, governance and strategic support to deliver tuna fisheries management, development and operations
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We are governed
by our members through the Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC)…
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Our executive team
provides policy, governance and strategic support
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FFA’s organisation is structured
to deliver tuna fisheries management, development and operations
The governing body of the FFA, the Forum Fisheries Committee, is divided into two chambers – Officials and Ministers.
The FFC governs the FFA via an annual session meeting (usually in May) and an annual Ministerial session (usually in July) other special meetings as needed throughout the year.
The Director-General, Deputy Director General, and other officers and advisers to the FFA also attend FFC meetings. Other relevant organisations that are approved can review and attend as observers. In the first instance, FFC decision-making is by consensus and where consensus is not possible, decisions are taken by two-thirds majority of the Members present and voting.
Our executive team guides the work of the Secretariat,
supported by high-level advisers in Audit, Legal, Communications, Transformation, Monitoring and Evaluation and Training, and works with Division Directors and staff to develop high-level policy advice for FFC and Members.
Support from the executive covers:
Our Director-General and spokesperson is Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen, appointed in mid-2018. Our staff in Honiara at the regional FFA headquarters support their national contact points in departments of foreign affairs and fisheries in each member jurisdiction.
We have 4 divisions of work:
Fisheries management
provides policy and legal frameworks for the sustainable management of tuna.
Fisheries development
develops the capacity of members to sustainably harvest, process and market tuna to create livelihoods.
Fisheries operations
supports monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries as well as treaty administration, information technology and vessel registration and monitoring.
Corporate services
supports the organisation’s work through administration, human resources, finance and other corporate functions.
Learn more about our Members, partners and donors
We support 17 Members in the Pacific and surrounds; donor partners support our work; and we collaborate with regional partners.