By Journal on July 6, 2023
Covid-19 pandemic, Eugene Pangelinan, John Silk, Manesseh Sogavare, Marine Stewardship Council, Nauru Agreement’s 18th annual meeting, Nestor Giro, Pacific Islands Tuna Provision Initiative, PNA, Rhea Moss-Christian, tuna, Vessel Day Scheme
News Archive
![Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare, sixth from right, is flanked by PNA and regional representatives at the opening ceremony of PNA’s 18th annual meeting. Marshall Islands Minister of Natural Resources and Commerce John Silk is third from left. PNA: Tuna stocks in good shape](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PNA-7-7.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
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 […]
By Journal on January 26, 2023
Covid, El Niño, Glen Joseph, Hilary Hosia, La Niña, MIMRA, Papua New Guinea, rebound, Solomon Islands, tuna
News Archive
![With Covid border restrictions a thing of the past, MIMRA fisheries observers are now back on purse seiners, both at sea during fishing trips and monitoring unloading of tuna at dockside, as shown in this Journal pre-Covid file photo. Photo: Hilary Hosia. MIMRA sees tuna rebound](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Tuna-biz-1-27-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
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 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.
News Archive
![Tuna CEO meets President KabuaTuna CEO meets President Kabua Tuna CEO meets President Kabua](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/pna-ceo-12-24.png?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
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 December 14, 2018
Air Marshall Islands, longliner, tuna
Back In The Day
![Tons of tuna fly overseas Tons of tuna fly overseas](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/TW-front-12-14.jpg?resize=165%2C240&ssl=1)
Journal 12/17/1981 P1 $4 Billion Radiation victims sue laboratories: More than 4,000 Marshall Islanders have file a $4 billion suit against several nuclear science and weapons laboratories, claiming they were negligent in caring for the islanders during nuclear tests in the 1950s, according to a UPI story in the Pacific Daily News. The suit was […]
By Journal on June 22, 2018
Glen Joseph, Papua New Guinea, purse seiners, rebates, tuna
Feature Articles
![Tuna is transshipped from a purse seiner to a carrier vessel for onward transport to a tuna cannery. Papua New Guinea has enforced a new system for selling fishing days linked to vessel off-loading of tuna for canning in PNG, a development the Marshall Islands is watching. Photo: Giff Johnson. RMI eyes PNG tuna action](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fl-tuna-6-18.jpg?resize=555%2C280&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON The Marshall Islands is watching with interest a new commercial tuna management system launched by Papua New Guinea earlier this year. The recently implemented system by PNG’s National Fisheries Authority rewards purse seiners for landing tuna to be processed on shore in PNG because this increases job opportunities at tuna canneries and processing […]
By Journal on April 5, 2018
Finology, Glen Joseph, Les Clark, Ludwig Kumoru, Maurice Brownjohn, Parties to the Nauru Agreement, Richard Banks, tuna, Western and Central Pacific Ocean
News Archive
![Outgoing PNA Chairman Glen Joseph (right), who directs the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, consults with MIMRA Legal Advisor Laurence Edwards, II, during the PNA Officials meeting on Nauru recently. Photo: Rebecca Lathrop. PNA tuna futures are “green”](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/pna-4-6.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
REBECCA LATHROP The Parties to the Nauru Agreement’s (PNA’s) 37th Officials Meeting, held this year in Nauru, included welcoming a new chair, a summary of 2017 accomplishments, a look to the future and a plethora of facts and figures to assist informed decision making. More than 60 attendees included officials from the eight member countries […]
By Journal on December 7, 2017
FFA, fishing, Manila, PACNEWS, Pita Ligaiula, Rhea Moss-Christian, tuna, WCPFC
News Archive
![A purse seiner transships tuna in Port Majuro. Transshipping on the high seas by longline fishing vessels is a major point of contention for island nations that want to ban the practice. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Fishing for tuna answers](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tuna-12-8.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
PITA LIGAIULA, PACNEWS The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) is working to make progress on a draft bridging measure for tropical tunas that expires at the end of this month. The FFA countries are adamant that zone-based management, which puts Pacific resource-owning nations in the driver’s seat, is preferable to flag-based rights, which […]
By Journal on October 12, 2017
fisheries, Jerry Kramer, Majuro netyard, tuna
News Archive
![In recent months, barely a day has gone by without at least one purse seiner tied up at PII Dock for net repairs. The company’s net repair yard offers crews the equipment and space to fix their million dollar nets. Photo: Isaac Marty. Kramer: Tuna is RMI’s future](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pii-netyard-10-13.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
REBECCA LATHROP Jerry Kramer sees fisheries as the future of the Marshall Islands and Pacific International Inc. (PII) as an integral contributor. His company, PII, which has recently created what many captains say is the best net yard in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, is seeing increased activity and positive return on the investment. […]
By Journal on February 9, 2017
FADs, Ludwig Kumoru, May 2, Pacific, PNA, tuna, World Tuna Day
News Archive
![The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) manages the multi-billion dollar tuna fishery in the western and central Pacific that generates increasingly large amounts of revenue to its members. In-port transshipment requirements bring purse seiners into ports in the region, such as Majuro (pictured), to off load their tuna catches for delivery to canneries. Photo: Giff Johnson. Tuna team to tighten lines](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/PNA-2-10.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Focusing on strengthening management of the multi-billion dollar central and western Pacific tuna fishery, and supporting innovative ways for islands to add value to the fishery are twin goals of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) this year. Among ongoing value-added projects being promoted by PNA that are expected to expand this year: • […]
By Journal on January 12, 2017
"free school", Bill Holden, Ludwig Kumoru, Maurice Brownjohn, MSC-certified, PNA, skipjack, tuna, yellowfin
News Archive
![President Hilda Heine in her state of the nation address last week at Nitijela recognized former PNA CEO Dr. Transform Aqorau (left) and incoming CEO Ludwig Kumoru (second from left). They are pictured here with Minister Mattlan Zackhras, his wife Angela, and MIMRA Director Glen Joseph after the formal opening of the Nitijela session. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Sustainable tuna tonnage to double](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Niti-Min-Matt-1-13.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Growing global market demand for MSC-certified tuna and fishing industry interest is expected to see “wild catch” tuna tonnage double from the waters of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement in 2017. The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) operate a Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified free school caught skipjack and yellowfin tuna fishery in […]