WTO Fisheries Negotiations: Failure Is Not An Option
Roberto Azevêdo, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), recently went on record about the importance of completing by year-end the...
Summary of the Bonn Climate Change Conference
The Bonn Climate Change Conference was expected to advance work on several issues to facilitate implementation of the United Nations...
Pacific ministers endorse strategy for safer regional fishery
Fisheries ministers from around the Pacific have endorsed a new strategy for a safer more robust regional tuna fishery. Mitigating...
Goundar Shipping Vessels grounded by Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji
One of Fiji's largest passenger vessel fleets providing inter-island services within Fiji has been grounded due to Maritime Safety Authority...
UN failing to prevent tragedies – Hilda Heine
The United Nations continues to let politics cloud its judgement and is failing to prevent tragedies, the President of the...
Cook Islands canoe welcomed home
The Cook Islands traditional voyaging canoe, Marumaru Atua, has made a grand return to her resting place off Rarotonga. In September...
Concerns tourism jobs at risk after yacht attacked in New Caledonia
Tourism New Caledonia says hundreds of jobs are at risk over the reported attack on a yacht near Ouvea this...
Seized fishing boat sunk as artificial reef
A Vietnamese fishing vessel which was seized by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) was sunk at a depth of...
Samoa without rescue boat until September
Samoa will be without a patrol and rescue boat until September after its only dedicated vessel was returned to Australia. Police...
Establishing baseline data to support sustainable maritime transport services
Responding to the impact of climate change is high on the agenda of all Pacific island countries. Communities that live...
Fiji and Marshall Islands call for EU to up climate change targets
EU member states have blocked the grouping from committing to a net-zero carbon emissions target for 2050. It comes after...
Pacific wants small island states considered in harmful subsidy talks
Pacific fisheries ministers have agreed to step up efforts at the World Trade Organisation to end the use of harmful...