By Journal on January 31, 2019
Ludwig Kumoru, Parties to the Nauru Agreement, PNA, VDS, Vessel Day Scheme
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![Longline vessels, such as these docked in Majuro, are the focus of several PNA management initiatives in 2019 and beyond. Photo: Hilary Hosia. PNA pushes fisheries action](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/pna-tuna-2-1.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
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.
By Journal on March 9, 2018
Doreen deBrum, Federated States of Micronesia, fisheries, Kiribati, Ludwig Kumoru, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Parties to the Nauru Agreement, PNA, Rebecca Lathrop, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, VDS, Vessel Day Scheme
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![Representatives of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement 9PNA) break ground for their new HQ building in Majuro. Photo: Rebecca Lathrop. PNA groundbreaking ceremony](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FL-PNA-3-9.jpg?resize=555%2C280&ssl=1)
Eight PNA countries plus Tokelau celebrated Wednesday night with a groundbreaking ceremony for a new four-story headquarters building, set to replace the old Won Hai Shien building on Uliga Dock on Majuro. Ministers from the member countries donned helmets and vests and shoveled dirt, commemorating the event. The event was held in the lead up […]
By Journal on June 22, 2017
Giff Johnson, Hilda Heine, Ludwig Kumoru, Mose Pelasio, Parties to the Nauru Agreement, PNA, Puakena Boreham, VDS, Vessel Day Scheme
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![Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine enjoyed a light moment after the formal opening of the PNA Ministerial meeting Wednesday in Majuro with Tuvalu Minister of Natural Resources Puakena Boreham and Tokelau Minister of Fisheries and Telecommunications Mose Pelasio. Photo: Giff Johnson. Big bucks team meets in Majuro](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/PNA-min-6-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Ministers from the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) launched their 12th annual meeting in Majuro Wednesday. President Hilda Heine recognized the organization for growing fisheries revenue of members nations from $60 million to nearly $500 million in seven years. She urged the fisheries leaders not to be complacent because of PNA’s success, but instead […]
By Journal on November 11, 2016
FAD, FIMS, fishery, Herman Kisokau, Ludwig Kumoru, Patricia Jack, PNA, tuna, VDS
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![A purse seiner offloads its catch of tuna in Port Majuro. Photo: Hilary Hosia. FIMS: Backbone of PNA’s fishery](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/PNA-tuna-trans-11-11.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
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 […]
By Journal on July 28, 2016
ADB, Dr. Transform Aqorau, fisheries, fishery, PNA, VDS
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![The vessel day scheme, which PNA uses to manage the multi-billion dollar tuna fishery, is a success because it did not rely on the ADB and other donors to develop, said PNA CEO Dr. Transform Aqorau in response to a new ADB economic report on the Pacific. Pictured: A purse seiner transships its catch of tuna in Majuro’s lagoon. Photo: Giff Johnson. PNA a success without ADB](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PNA-7-29.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
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 […]
By Journal on April 14, 2016
Dr. Transform Aqorau, PNA, Prime Minister John Key, VDS
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![Skipjack tuna is offloaded from the “Marshalls 201” purse seiner in Majuro lagoon for transshipment to off-shore canneries. Purse seiners fish under PNA’s Vessel Day Scheme that generated an estimated $400 million to PNA members last year. Photo: Giff Johnson. Vessel Day Scheme here to stay](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/PNA-4-15.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
A Pacific island fisheries bloc has unanimously decided to maintain a management system that has increased revenue to the islands by over 500 percent in the past six years. Despite criticism by countries outside of this western and central Pacific fishery of a management system used to regulate the tuna industry, fisheries officials from the […]
By Journal on November 20, 2015
Dr. Transform Aqorau, longliner, Papua New Guinea, PNA, Tokelau, VDS
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![Parties to the Nauru Agreement hosted their second workshop on the new vessel day scheme plan for longline fishing vessels this past week in Majuro. The workshop focused on electronic registration of vessels and electronic reporting of tuna catch data. Photo: Hilary Hosia. PNA strengthens longliner monitoring](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/PNA-training-11-20.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The PNA plan to implement a Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) for the longliner fishing industry in the western and central Pacific received a boost recently with the agreement of Papua New Guinea and Tokelau to join the five PNA nations that had triggered the plan at the end of last year. This brings six of […]