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Pacific Leaders Rally For Climate-Resilient Fisheries At Third UN Ocean Conference
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 9:44 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
Tuvalu Prime Minister Hon. Feleti Teo led the high-level side event with the keynote opening remarks under the theme “On the Road to Climate-Resilient Fisheries”, describing climate change as an existential threat to Pacific Island Countries and ... More >>
Operation TUI MOANA 2025 Concludes With Strong Regional Coordination
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 12:41 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
The operation concluded on Friday 23 May 2025, with the successful participation of Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. More >>
Fisheries Officials Meeting Concludes In Niue With Strong Commitments To Regional Cooperation And Sustainability
Monday, 19 May 2025, 10:51 am | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
The meeting received updates from the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Secretariat on the review of the FFA Strategic Plan, progress on regional fisheries policies, and the need for strengthened international engagement by the FFA Secretariat ... More >>
Ten Years Together: Celebrating Regional Solidarity Through The NTSA
Friday, 9 May 2025, 3:37 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
The landmark event celebrates 10 years since the NTSA came into force in July 2014, strengthening regional cooperation in fisheries surveillance and law enforcement in the Pacific region. More >>
Operation Rai Balang 2025: FFA Members Hunt For Illegal Fishing Across 14 Million Square Kilometres Of Ocean
Saturday, 22 March 2025, 3:28 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
During the Operation, FFA Members conducted 96 boardings, tracked 189 vessel contacts and identified 7,629 satellite detections. The Operation resulted in the detection of seven high risk vessels of interest. More >>
Honiara Summit 2025 Outcomes
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 5:58 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
Urgent call to address overfishing, Pacific region sets benchmark for sustainable fisheries management More >>
FFA And United Kingdom Sign MOU To Strengthen Partnership In Fisheries And Maritime Security
Sunday, 15 December 2024, 11:36 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
The MOU provides a useful framework for cooperation and collaboration between the FFA and UK and signifies our collective responsibility to ensure sustainable fisheries management to maintain a sustainable, healthy and secure Pacific ocean. More >>
FFA Members Welcome WCPFC Adoption Of First Ever Crew Labour Standards
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 8:54 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
This measure establishes binding rules to improve the welfare of crew members on fishing vessels operating across the western and central Pacific. It involves addressing fair wages, safe working conditions and safeguards against exploitation. More >>
Operation Kurukuru: Joint Forces Combat IUU Fishing To Secure Sustainable Fisheries Future
Friday, 1 November 2024, 8:08 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
This two-week comprehensive Operation underscores the unwavering commitment to safeguard the invaluable marine resources of Pacific Island nations in the Western Central Pacific Ocean. More >>
Pacific Handbook To Strengthen Coastal State Enforcement Of Fisheries Laws Launched
Friday, 1 November 2024, 8:04 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
The handbook focuses on the implementation of Article 73 of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Article 73 provides for the compliance and enforcement of coastal State laws and regulations in the exclusive economic zone. More >>
FFA Marks Ground-breaking Of The New Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 1:57 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
The ceremony at the FFA Headquarters was attended by the Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Hon Jeremiah Manele, fisheries officials from the Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC), and partners involved in the agency’s surveillance work. More >>
Operation Island Chief 2024 Successfully Concludes
Monday, 19 August 2024, 1:59 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has successfully concluded Operation Island Chief 2024 (OPIC24), a 12-day initiative focused on monitoring and surveillance across the Pacific region to ensure the sustainability of fisheries. More >>
FFA Celebrates 45 Years Of Regional Cooperation
Friday, 9 August 2024, 10:02 am | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
Founded on 9th August 1979, the FFA has grown to become the premier fisheries advisory body in the Pacific region with a mission to strengthen national capacity and support regional cooperation. More >>
Noan Pakop Appointed As New FFA Director General
Monday, 29 July 2024, 2:25 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
The endorsement for the new FFA Director General was made on 25 July 2024 following the 23rd FFC Annual Ministerial Meeting and the 5th Annual Regional Fisheries Ministers Meeting in Honiara last week. More >>
Pacific Islands Work Towards Improving Labour Conditions In Fisheries Sector
Thursday, 4 July 2024, 2:44 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
Pacific Island nations, recognising the vital role of fishing in their livelihoods and economies, are taking decisive action to combat labour abuses and create a safer, fairer fishing industry. More >>
Pacific Fisheries Level-up Negotiation Skills To Elevate Position In International Discussions
Monday, 10 June 2024, 7:53 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
FFA is taking steps to ensure that Pacific officials in fisheries, foreign service and law are equipped with the highest level of negotiation skills as the region moves to elevate its involvement at relevant international negotiations that will impact ... More >>
Operation Tui Moana 2024: Pacific Region Combats Illegal Unreported And Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
Friday, 24 May 2024, 4:30 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
Combatting IUU fishing to promote sustainable fisheries across the Pacific is a key outcome of Operation Tui Moana 2024 (OPTM24), which came to a close today. The two- week long Operation saw the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and ... More >>
FFA Members agree on management options for Pacific Tuna Fishery
Monday, 13 November 2023, 5:41 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
HONIARA, 13th November 2023 – In a series of meetings convened at the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) recently, FFA Members have agreed on management options for the region's multi-million dollar Tuna Fishery. FFA Director General, ... More >>
FFA Unveils New Website To Enhance Access And Collaboration
Tuesday, 7 November 2023, 12:49 pm | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
HONIARA, 6th November 2023 – The Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) announced the launch of its newly designed website, which went live today. The redesigned website located at www.ffa.int offers an improved user experience, advanced functionality, ... More >>
Pacific Fisheries Protected Through Co-operative Surveillance Operation
Sunday, 7 November 2021, 6:35 am | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
HONIARA, 4th November, 2021 – One of the largest fisheries surveillance operations in the world, Operation Kurukuru, came to a successful close today following 12 days of international co-operation to target Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) ... More >>
