8 Dec 2016

Pacific Tuna Commission divided on conservation & management

From , 4:04 pm on 8 December 2016

Conservation and management measures for depleted tuna stocks in the Pacific have polarised the membership of the Pacific Tuna Commission.

The annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, which brings together resource owning coastal states and distant water fishing nations, has been going all this week in Nadi, Fiji.

Its executive director Feleti Teo says it is proving extremely difficult to reach a consensus on protecting depleted tuna stocks.

Feleti Teo spoke with Koroi Hawkins.

Executive director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Feleti Te'o at the opening of its annual meeting in Fiji, December 2016.

Executive director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Feleti Te'o at the opening of its annual meeting in Fiji, December 2016. Photo: Monica Miller