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Editorial
Welcome to this issue of the Fisheries Newsletter. During this quarter, the first regular session of the Scientific Committee of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) was held at SPC headquarters. The new Commission was established by the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the WCPO. The objective of the Convention is to ensure, through effective management, the long-term conservation and sustainable use of highly migratory fish stocks in the WCPO. Readers will find in this issue an overview of the tuna fisheries in the WCPO in 2004.
The new EU-funded Development of Tuna Fisheries in Pacific-ACP countries has started with the recruitment of Mr Jonathan Manieva. a citizen of Papua New Guinea. Jonathan's main task will be to assist in the establishment or enhancement of tuna fisheries associations in the 14 Pacific ACP countries.
Jean-Paul Gaudechoux
Fisheries Information Adviser
(jeanpaulg@spc.int)
In
This Issue
SPC
ACTIVITIES
First regular session of the WCPFC Scientific Committee (215 Ko)
New Coastal Fisheries Programme Manager appointed (48 Ko)
Fisheries Development Section
• DEVFish (Development of Tuna Fisheries in Pacific ACP Countries) Project commences
• First Scientific Committee for the new Western and Central Pacific Fishery Commission
• Technical assistance provided to Nauru
• Tuna longline bycatch meetings
• Training course on managing vessel condition and certification
Technical assistance provided to Niue
• Technical assistance provided to the National Fisheries College in Kavieng, PNG
• Update on publications (369 Ko)
Aquaculture Section
• Training workshop in aquacultural economics and marketing
• Development of commercial and farm-made feeds for tilapia and Macrobrachium in PNG and Fiji
• SPC joins INGA - an international genetics network organisation
• Tilapia farming manuals completed
• Consultancy to review tilapia control techniques completed
• Nauru aquaculture development plan
• Model import risk analysis (IRA) framework developed for the Pacific Islands (506 Ko)
Reef Fisheries Observatory
• Towards a regional reef fisheries data repository (226 Ko)
NEWS FROM IN AND AROUND THE REGION
Seaweed yields new coumpounds with pharmaceutical potential (175 Ko)
