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PNA TELLS BIG FISHING NATIONS TO SHAPE UP, AS TUNA COMMISSION OPENS TODAY 10 February, 2014 10:09

GUAM, MONDAY 26 MARCH: As the Western and Central Pacific Commission (WCPFC) meeting starts today, the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) said it was time for the big fishing nations to shape up and improve their record on conservation and management of tuna.

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STOP OVERFISHING OF BIGEYE TUNA, SAYS PNA TO TUNA COMMISSION MEMBERS 10 February, 2014 10:09

PACIFIC ISLANDS, MONDAY 19 MARCH 2012:  The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) called for foreign fishing nations to stop their overfishing of bigeye tuna by taking action at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting next week.

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HIGH SEAS CLOSURE NON-NEGOTIABLE, SAYS PNA TO TUNA COMMISSION MEMBERS 10 February, 2014 10:10

MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS, MONDAY 11 MARCH 2012:  With just two weeks until fishing nations and Pacific Islands meet at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting, the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) said it will not bow to pressure to open the high seas to foreign fishing.

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PNA PROVIDES AMBASSABOR TO THE PRINCE’S CHARITIES’ INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY UNIT 10 February, 2014 10:11

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, FEBRUARY 2012: The PNA’s Commercial Manager Maurice Brownjohn has been appointed as a fishing industry ambassador to The Prince’s Charities’ International Sustainability Unit.

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MSC sustainable certification for PNA tuna a historic date, PNA Director says 10 February, 2014 10:13

OPINION ARTICLE FROM Dr Transform Aqorau, PNA Director

January 2012 is historic for the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) and for our Pacific region. In gaining a globally recognized eco-label, that of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the PNA fulfils its aspiration of being the world’s largest sustainable tuna purse seine fishery. 

The label will apply to all skipjack tuna with documentation proving is caught without using Fish Aggregating Devices (FADS) on free schools of tuna in the open ocean. 

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PNA Western & Central Pacific skipjack tuna fishery’s ‘free school’ set operations gain MSC certification. 10 February, 2014 10:13

MEDIA RELEASE FROM MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL (MSC)

The PNA Western & Central Pacific skipjack tuna fishery (PNA skipjack fishery) has had its purse seine fishing operations (see notes) targeting free schools of skipjack tuna certified as sustainable against the MSC environmental standard for sustainable and well managed fisheries. 

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3 PNA COUNTRIES CLOSE THEIR WATERS TO FOREIGN TUNA FLEETS TO MAINTAIN SUSTAINABLE FISHING LIMITS 10 February, 2014 10:14

SOLOMON ISLANDS, NAURU, TUVALU, MONDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2011: As 2011 comes to a close, three PNA countries have taken the bold step of closing their waters to foreign fishing vessels in order to maintain sustainable tuna fishing limits, reported the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA). 

The tiny atoll nation of Tuvalu was the latest to announce it was closing its fishery last week, notifying all foreign purse seine fishing vessels they are no longer permitted to fish for tuna in Tuvalu waters. 

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Nauru closes its waters to foreign fishing vessels 10 February, 2014 10:15

The Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority issued a notice to the purse-seiners of China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vanuatu fishing under bilateral access agreements with NFMRA, that the limit of allowable purse-seine fishing effort for 2011 in Nauru under these arrangements has been reached.

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SCIENCE PROVES PNA-INITIATED CONSERVATION OF BIGEYE TUNA IS WORKING 10 February, 2014 10:16

POHNEPEI, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, MONDAY 10 OCTOBER 2011: If the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) recent conservation measures and the current management measure on bigeye tuna by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) continues, overfishing of bigeye tuna will discontinue, scientists said.

Overfishing of bigeye tuna, a popular sashimi fish, caught by longline fishing and as bycatch in purse seine fishing, is a problem in the region, despite healthy levels of other tunas such as skipjack tuna (commonly used for canned tuna).

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PNA Quarterly Report No 2 10 February, 2014 10:22

This is the second Quarterly Report from the PNA Office highlighting the activities of the PNA office during the quarter. The key features of the quarter were the trading of days between the Parties, progress on the establishment of the VDS Monitoring and Information Systems, development of the Business Plan, conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of a minimum bench mark fee, consultations on the scoping of the PNA Observer Agency, and establishment of the PNA Crewing Agency (Coordination Unit).

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