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New EU seafood regulation to affect 97% of EU-listed Pacific Island-flagged vessels

UNDP and The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency have released a major report documenting two decades of transformative work in tuna fisheries management – a story of unprecedented collaboration between scientists, government officials, fisheries workers, NGOs, and international development partners.

DG Welcome Remarks – DPS2

FFA Director-General acknowledgement at the opening of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Office, Noro – Western Province

A town built by tuna: FFA Head visits Noro’s unique tuna hub

There is only one place in the Pacific where purse seine, longline and pole-and-line fleets operate alongside a full tuna processing facility in the same port. That place is Noro.

FFA acknowledges Solomon Islands’ new fisheries office in Noro

FFA Director-General acknowledgement at the opening of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Office, Noro – Western Province

Forum Leaders updated on Pacific fisheries and security cooperation to protect tuna

Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director-General, Noan David Pakop, addressed Pacific Leaders this morning at the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM54) in Honiara, outlining the region’s achievements in fisheries cooperation and development, while calling for continued vigilance against ongoing challenges.

Operation Island Chief reinforces Pacific unity against illegal fishing

The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has concluded Operation Island Chief 2025 (OPIC25), part of its ongoing programme of surveillance and monitoring operations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing across the Pacific.

Second Advanced Fisheries Negotiations Course Underway in Honiara

Judicial Officers across the Pacific and international fisheries legal experts are gathering in Honiara over a three (3) days Symposium.

ITLOS Judge Highlights Legal Duty to Strengthen Fisheries Enforcement at Judicial Symposium

Judicial Officers across the Pacific and international fisheries legal experts are gathering in Honiara over a three (3) days Symposium.

Judicial Symposium 2025 Opens in Honiara

Judicial Officers across the Pacific and international fisheries legal experts are gathering in Honiara over a three (3) days Symposium.

Pacific Leaders Rally for Climate-Resilient Fisheries at third UN Ocean Conference

Pacific leaders have issued a unified call for urgent global action to protect the world’s largest tuna production region from the accelerating impacts of climate change.

Operation TUI MOANA 2025 Concludes with Strong Regional Coordination

Ten Members of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) took part in Operation TUI MOANA 2025 (OPTM25), a two-week regional operation targeting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing across FFA Members’ Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and adjacent high seas areas within the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) area.

MCS practitioners on UNCLOS Article 73 ahead of MCSWG28

Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance (MCS) practitioners from Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Members convened in Honiara for a workshop on Article 73 of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).