Pacific cooperation ensures fisheries continue despite COVID-19
HONIARA, 4th September 2020
Monitoring & Surveillance
MEDIA RELEASE: First FFA-led monitoring, control and surveillance operation for the year - Operation Rai Balang 2019 ends on a high note
HONIARA, 10 April, 2019 – The first FFA-led monitoring, control and surveillance operation for the year - Operation Rai Balang (OPRB19) ended on 29 March, finding only six infringements.
MEDIA RELEASE: FFA WINS GLOBAL STOP IUU FISHING PRIZE
BANGKOK 22 February 2019 – The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) was awarded the top prize in the 2019 Stop Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing competition yesterday.
“This achievement recognises FFA’s work in Monitoring, Control and Surveillance initiatives to deter IUU fishing in the Pacific. Well done to the team at FFA, past and present, and all of our FFA member countries. And the award is particularly timely given FFA has just kicked off our 40th anniversary celebrations,” said FFA Director General, Dr Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen
Press Release: Pacific leaders welcome state of the art aerial surveillance
NAURUPIF 2018, Yaren –5th September 2018--Pacific Forum Leaders have welcomed the increased air surveillance capacity of the new Forum Fishe
PRESS RELEASE: Monitoring, control and surveillance operation to help stop illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing a success
Covering 16.5 million square kilometres over 10 days with 10 FFA member states, Operation Island Chief found no infringements or breaches
Regional Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Strategy (RMCSS) 2018 – 2023
Forum Fisheries Committee endorses a 5 year Regional MCS Strategy to further reduce IUU fishing in Pacific tuna fisheries.
[email protected]: IUU cases open up in wake of regional 'Island Chief' Fisheries Operation
August 15th 2017, FFA HQ, Honiara SOLOMON ISLANDS—Investigations into four serious breaches of vessel fishing licenses have opened up after another regional fisheries surveillance sweep in the Pacific tuna fishery.
Intel and analysis continues as Tui Moana surveillance sweep ends
FFA HQ, Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS – There were no apprehensions and no blue boats, but the annual fisheries surveillance sweep of the Polynesia sub-region still served up a round of interesting highlights for 2017. Coordinated by the FFA’s Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre, Operation Tui Moana ended its ten-day run on Friday 26th May.
Regional Foreign Affairs, Law Enforcement, Finance and Fisheries complete Leaders’ mandated review of regional MCS arrangements
Monday 20 June 2016, FFA HQ, Honiara SOLOMON ISLANDS-- A blend of Foreign Affairs, Law Enforcement, Finance and Fisheries Ministers from nine Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries member nations are leaving Honiara this weekend expressing their overall satisfaction with the status of regional systems for monitoring, control and surveillance and with an active interest in the impact of Fisheries on their own portfolios.