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 Tonga for the…

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…

20 Pacific Islands meet to develop an action plan for coastal fisheries and aquaculture

Over sixty technical Fisheries and Aquaculture Officers from 20 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) met this week in Noumea to discuss ways to continue developing the growing aquaculture sector and to address crucial coastal fisheries issues…

Norway fisheries and aquaculture scientists visit the Pacific to explore scientific collaboration possibilities

The Pacific Community (SPC) is hosting a delegation of Norwegian fisheries and aquaculture scientists and marine resources managers to scope out ways of sharing Norway’s extensive experience and marine capabilities with the Pacific region. The team was…

Introductory address at the 11th Heads of Fisheries Meeting by Cameron Diver, Deputy Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC)

11th Heads of Fisheries Meeting   Introductory address Cameron Diver, Deputy Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC) Noumea, New Caledonia, 11 March 2019 Kia ora tātau. E ngā mana, E ngā reo, E rau Rangatira mā, Ngā mihi nui kia koutou katoa.…

Coastal fisheries monitoring and surveillance highlighted at Heads of Fisheries meeting

Photo: 10th Heads of Fisheries meeting in Noumea Pacific Island countries and territories at the 10th Heads of Fisheries meeting have reaffirmed the increased priority for coastal fisheries in the region, including the need for improved monitoring,…
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