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
Monitoring & Surveillance
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.
Keeping the Pacific watch- 3 ‘blue boats’ nabbed as Rai Balang 2016 ends
22 April 2016, FFA HQ SOLOMON ISLANDS – Building on recent firsts in previous fisheries surveillance operations, Operation Rai Balang 16 saw the successful surveillance and apprehension of three Vietnamese ‘blue boats’ poaching for reef resources in the EEZs of FSM and Palau.
Tuna IUU report recognises progress, challenges for countries
16 Mar, FFA HQ SOLOMON ISLANDS – The newly announced US 616m value to annual losses from Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated activity in the Pacific tuna fishery should provide “renewed impetus for Pacific countries to step up what they are already doing well, and embrace solutions to help in areas where action is required,” says the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director General James Movick. (pictured)
IUU tuna blacklist from six to two after FSM settles with Philippines
28thNov 2015, WCPFC12, INDONESIA – Pacific nations pushing for a record number of six tuna boats to be banned from fishing in their waters are taking that number down to two. The 17-member Forum Fisheries Agency are in Bali at the upcoming 12th session of their regional tuna fisheries management body, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.