Pacific Photo Contest: Submit your best climate change, marine environments, fisheries, or aquaculture pictures
The Pacific Community (SPC) is launching a photo contest with the theme of climate change, marine environments, fisheries, and/or aquaculture in the Pacific Islands region. We invite residents of the Pacific Islands region to submit entries. SPC is…
Welcome to the 16th Heads of Fisheries Meeting
Opening remarks by Archie Soliai, Representative of American Samoa and Chair of the 16th Heads of Fisheries
SPC Headquarters, New Caledonia
Opening remarks by SPC's Director-General Stuart Minchin at the 16th SPC's Heads of Fisheries Meeting
SPC Headquarters, New Caledonia
Opening Remarks by SPC's Director-General Stuart Minchin at the 15th SPC's Heads of Fisheries Meeting
Opening Remarks by SPC's Director-General Stuart Minchin at the 15th SPC Heads of Fisheries Meeting
20-24 March 2023, SPC's Headquarters, Noumea, New Caledonia
Bonjour and warm Pacific greetings to you all.
Chair, I join you in thanking…
14th Heads of Fisheries (TBC)
The Pacific Community (SPC)'s Heads of Fisheries meeting provides oversight of all SPC's work in the field of fisheries and aquaculture, as well as an opportunity to discuss relevant topics of regional interest. It covers SPC's Oceanic and Coastal…
Thirteenth SPC's Heads of Fisheries Meeting (HOF13)
The SPC Heads of Fisheries Meeting provides technical oversight of all SPC work in the field of fisheries and aquaculture, as well as an opportunity to discuss in detail topics of special interest. It covers both of SPC's Fisheries Programmes: Oceanic…
Expanding connection to science for the Pacific Fisheries people
Photo Credit: P. Bosserelle,
Over one hundred participants from twenty-two Pacific island countries and territories met this week at the thirteenth SPC Heads of Fisheries meeting, focusing on important topics and fisheries priorities for Pacific people.…
How SPC organised the first virtual Heads of Fisheries meeting
History will certainly remember 2020 as the year in which the COVID-19 pandemic led to profound transformations in how international organisations operate on a daily basis. With travel restrictions and country lockdowns, organisations had to re-think the…
Fish and fisheries at the heart of the discussion for Pacific Islands’ online meeting
Behind the scenes
How do you make a high-level meeting with more than 120 people from 20 Pacific countries and territories across ten different time zones lively and engaging? Well, there is no magic wand. There is a lot of preparation and, most…