fishery

FIMS: Backbone of PNA’s fishery

By Journal on November 11, 2016 FAD, FIMS, fishery, Herman Kisokau, Ludwig Kumoru, Patricia Jack, PNA, tuna, VDS News Archive

How do you manage a multi-billion dollar fishery in nine distinct fishing zones with multiple nations fishing? Five years ago, it was mostly done with a hand calculator and pencil, and by transmitting data by email or fax. Today, the fishery that is generating $400 million a year to nine Pacific islands is managed by […]

PNA a success without ADB

By Journal on July 28, 2016 ADB, Dr. Transform Aqorau, fisheries, fishery, PNA, VDS News Archive

An Asian Development Bank report on Pacific island economies recognizes the Parties to the Nauru Agreement’s vessel day scheme (VDS) as “an outstanding global example of coastal states taking control of a fishery based on highly migratory stocks” that resulted in a more than tripling of revenue to PNA members from 2010 to 2014. But […]