By Journal on September 21, 2023
Glen Joseph, Global Climate Fund, Laurence Edwards II, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, Micronesian Conservation Trust, MIMRA, Willy Kostka
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The Micronesia Conservation Trust took a significant step toward bolstering climate resilience in the Northern Pacific Small Island Developing States with the signing of climate-related subsidiary agreements on last week. These agreements were linked with the Palau Protected Areas Network Fund and the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) to serve as executing entities for […]
By Journal on May 25, 2023
Dr. Manu Tupou-Roosen, Forum Fisheries Committee, Glen Joseph, James van Meurs, Kaon Tiamere, Parties to the Nauru Agreement
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GIFF JOHNSON The Forum Fisheries Committee — representing the 17 members of the Forum Fisheries Agency — met from Monday through Thursday this week at the Marshall Islands Resort’s Melele Room. While the meeting worked on budgets, policies and often mundane topics from the public’s point of view, every FFC meeting translates directly into the […]
By Journal on January 26, 2023
Covid, El Niño, Glen Joseph, Hilary Hosia, La Niña, MIMRA, Papua New Guinea, rebound, Solomon Islands, tuna
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GIFF JOHNSON MIMRA records show that tuna transshipment in Majuro rebounded following the disastrous first year of Covid in 2020, when transshipment plummeted by 60 percent compared to the year before. “Are they coming back?” MIMRA Director Glen Joseph asked rhetorically about the purse seine transshipment operations. “Yes, but a review of the data shows […]
By Journal on May 27, 2022
Absalom ‘Barab’ Edwards, Barab Edwards, Canvasback Wellness Center, Chewy Lin, CMI Marine Science Program, Cooking competition, Glen Joseph, KAHS, Karen Earnshaw, Korale Jerky, Lone deBrum, Mack Alfred, MIFV, MIHS, MIMRA-Outer Islands Fish Market Center, MISCO market, Monyca Sudnovsky, Neilan Albert, Roles Alfonso, Rudol Muller, Wanok Jorju, World Tuna Day
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KAREN EARNSHAW The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority hosted a World Tuna Day 2022 celebration in the HQ parking lot on May 14, the second year it has celebrated the big day at its new facilities. The biggest feature of the afternoon was the slicing and dicing of, what else?, tuna, with the competition divisions […]
By Journal on December 24, 2021
Chewy Lin, Christmas Lighting Ceremony 2021, Glen Joseph, Handyme Lamin, Laura Elementary School, Majuro Middle School, Marshall Islands High School, Mejerik Club, Ministry of Natural Resources and Commerce, Moriana Phillip, Rairok Elementary School, Randon Jack, Rita Elementary School, Santa Claus Ben Wakefield, Tommy Lokeijak, Wilmer Joel
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WILMER JOEL The former capital building was turned into a Tropical Christmas Wonderland illuminated with flickering lights which embellished the entire area during the Christmas Lighting Ceremony last Friday arranged by the RMI government and the Mejerik Club. The venue was packed with children as well as families waiting for the Christmas lights to shimmer […]
By Journal on December 23, 2021
David Kabua, fisheries, Glen Joseph, John Silk, Kiribati, Les Clark, Ludwig Kumoru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, PNA, PNAO, Sangaa Clark, tuna, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission annual session, which concluded on December 6.
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New PNA Office CEO Dr. Sangaa Clark, her husband Les Clark and MIMRA Director Glen Joseph made a courtesy call on President David Kabua and his Cabinet members earlier in the month. The RMI is playing two roles in relation to the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, said Joseph: As a member of the PNA […]
By Journal on October 14, 2021
Amata Kabua, Amazon.com, David Kabua, Floyd Takeuchi, Giff Johnson, Glen Joseph, Kindle, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, Marshall Islands Resort’s Melele Room, Mike Kabua, MIMRA, NTA, Our Ocean’s Promise, Our Ocean's Promise – From Aspiration to Inspirations: The Marshall Islands Fishing Story, Parties to the Nauru Agreement, PNA, Solomon Islands, Wilmer Joel
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The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority put on a special program last Friday at the Marshall Islands Resort’s Melele Room to launch a new book — the first ever to document the Marshall Islands commercial fishing story.President David Kabua headlined the event, offering praise for MIMRA and the book, “Our Ocean’s Promise — From Aspirations […]
By Journal on September 9, 2021
Absalom Edwards, Boklong Zackios, Bruce Bilimon, Casten Nemara, Eve Burns, Glen Joseph, Handover Ceremony, Japan Grant Aid, MIMRA, Norio Saito, Xavier Myazoe
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EVE BURNS As part of the Japan Grant Aid for economic and social development, the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) received from Japan Embassy a forklift, four cargo trucks, a crane truck, 11 boats and other fishery equipment such as scales, fish cutters, vacuum packers, a multi wrapper, and 78 coolers. Joining the handover […]
By Journal on September 2, 2021
Casten Nemra, Covid Vaccines, Glen Joseph, Jack Niedenthal, Johnson & Johnson Vaccine, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, Ministry of Health and Human Services, Pfizer vaccine, RMIEPA
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The Ministry of Health and Human Services administered 757 Covid vaccines for commercial fishing crews that use Majuro for transshipment from June through the end of August. The vaccine program for fishermen was halted for two months after the initial rollout in June so Public Health nurses could focus on vaccinating outer island residents. The […]
By Journal on August 25, 2021
Caleb Joseph, David Kabua, Dr. Frank Underwood, Glen Joseph, Guam, KMI, Ladie Jack, Lomalo, MIMRA, MOHHS, National Disaster Committee, Palau, Pan Pacific Foods, Tia Belau
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Last Friday’s resumption of Covid-19 vaccines for tuna boat fishermen “went smooth as planned,” according to MIMRA. The fisheries authority together with Ministry of Health and Human Services and the Ports Authority organized the re-start of the vaccine program for fishermen that was started in June, and then paused so public health teams could concentrate […]