GIFF JOHNSON Every December, fisheries officials from the Marshall Islands and Forum Fisheries Agency countries troop off to the annual Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission — often for battles with some distant water fishing nations over policies that impact tuna fishing on the high seas in the region. But this year, said MIMRA Director […]
Journal 9/3/1982 P2 Ebb and flowMarshalls second law school graduate, Christopher Loeak, arrived in Majuro this week. He attended Gonzaga University Law School in Spokane, Washington. He plans to take the Hawaii bar exam…Nauru President Hammer deRoburt stopped in Majuro this week. He reported that the permit for the Aqua Bar (at the Eastern Gateway […]
Marshall Islands Ambassador Doreen deBrum traveled to The Hague in The Netherlands last Friday to officially file the RMI’s written statement on climate change at the International Court of Justice. Ambassador deBrum also filed the Parties to the Nauru Office’s written statement at the request of the office based in Majuro. The Marshall Islands is […]
Ways to expand the Marshall Islands and PNA members involvement in the multi-billion dollar tuna value chain was a key point of discussions during last week’s third Parties to the Nauru Agreement Leadership Summit. The meeting was held in Kiritimati Island, Kiribati. President David Kabua was among the heads of state participating along with Minister […]
Key outcomes from the Parties to Nauru Agreement’s 18th annual meeting in the Solomon Islands were the continuing achievements of PNA in 2022-23, the ongoing success of the Vessel Day Scheme, and the fact that the purse seiner fishery and the VDS revenue were stable through the Covid-19 pandemic and strong La Niña period. According […]
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 […]
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 […]
GIFF JOHNSON The powerful Pacific island fisheries bloc PNA opened a multi-million dollar, four-story headquarters in Majuro May 6. The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA), which controls waters where half of the world’s skipjack tuna is caught, held a “soft” opening for the recently completed headquarters building. It was built by local contractor Pacific […]
The new Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) headquarters is on track for completion by the end of this year, said Pacific International Inc., which is building the new four-story facility in Majuro. Workers this week were beginning work on what will become the third floor. The new structure will feature offices on the second […]
Expansion of the vessel day scheme (VDS) to cover longline fleets, development of new business plans to guide work of the Parties to the Nauru Office (PNAO), and stepped up management of fish aggregating devices are among key areas of work the PNAO and the Parties will focus on in 2019.
