New FAO boss was key China emissary on fisheries deals
The new head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has played a central role in...
Close to $1 billion approved for environment and climate action at GEF meetings
Governments have approved programmes and projects worth almost $1 billion to tackle growing threats to the natural world - and...
No Sail! Goundar Shipping Director Claims ‘Dirty Politics’ At Play
Goundar Shipping Limited's (GSL) Director, George Goundar, is outraged that not all his vessels will not be able to sail...
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...