I am grateful to my former colleague Maurice Brownjohn who provided me with valuable comments and corrections on the various chapters.

Understanding the impact of modern fishing techniques is critical to ensure the sustainability of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) tuna fishery — the… Read More »Safeguarding the world’s largest tuna fishery

In an effort to increase purse seine fishing efficiency for tropical tunas, over 30,000 drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) are deployed every year by fishers… Read More »Environmental versus operational drivers of drifting FAD beaching in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement’s (PNA’s) CEO Ludwig Kumoru and PNA Commercial Manager Maurice Brownjohn met with PII CEO Jerry Kramer last week for a… Read More »PNA HQ moves forward

US – Bumble Bee Seafoods, North Americas premium seafood company, has signed an agreement with Pacifical to purchase and promote MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) certified… Read More »Bumble Bee and Pacifical Make Sustainable Seafood Commitment

AUSTRIA, FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2013: Pacifical, a partnership between the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) which manages the world’s largest sustainable tuna purse seine… Read More »MSC-certified skipjack tuna to SPAR and into the European market