International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023
On 11 February, the United Nations, partners worldwide, women and girls will mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The Day focuses on the reality that science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of…
Ocean Science Fact: Tsunami
Did you know 80% of Tsunami occur around the “Ring of Fire”?
Fisheries Newsletter #169
Photo: Pohnpei - Federated States of Micronesia. ©James Wichman, SPC
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SPC partnerships with Women Entrepreneurs in Fisheries
Katarina Baleisuva is a full-time farmer and the owner of Kaybee Farm, in Fiji. Since 2011 she has been running a self-funded successful integrated farm which includes tilapia fish farming. Through these earnings, she has successfully educated her…
Promoting responsible fisheries and aquaculture in the Pacific through information and awareness-raising tools: International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022
Are Marine Protected Areas effective for tuna conservation?
The first-ever quantitative evaluation of the contribution of no-take Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to the conservation of tropical tunas in the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) has been published in Frontiers in Marine Science.
“Micro-qualifications will help us in our efforts” – New regional qualifications strengthen the Pacific’s food systems
Limited conservation efficacy of large-scale marine protected areas for Pacific skipjack and bigeye tunas
Large-scale, no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) have been established in several locations in the Pacific and expansion of such areas to reach 30% of the ocean area is actively promoted in some quarters. Justification for the establishment of large…