Talking Tuna and other High Migratory Species at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
In early December, policy analyst Te Aomihia Walker attended the 16th Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (commonly known as the Pacific Tuna Commission) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This Commission sees Pacific nations, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Indonesia, USA, China, the EU and Japan meet to address problems in the management of high seas fisheries resulting from: unregulated fishing over-capitalization excessive fleet capacity vessel re-flagging to escape controls [...]