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In the clear waters of Ailuk Atoll in the Marshall Islands, underwater cameras are picking up something rare in today’s oceans: large numbers of sharks and Napoleon wrasse moving through healthy coral reefs.

Fiji is accelerating its push into the global diving spotlight, joining Mexico, French Polynesia, Indonesia, the United States and Japan as a high-profile frontier for coral-rich reefs and shark encounters across the Pacific and wider Asia region.

The Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems (FAME) division is composed of three programmes: the Coastal Fisheries and Aquaculture Programme (CFAP); the Oceanic Fisheries Programme (OFP); and the Marine Ecosystems Programme (MEP).

SPREP wishes to call for tenders from qualified and experienced consultants who can offer their services for the Prioritisation, Costing and development of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Action Plan.

SPREP wishes to call for tenders from qualified and experienced consultants who can offer their services to provide training and capacity building to support seabirds monitoring activities in Palau.

Deep-sea mining in the Cook Islands has long been promoted as a pathway to diversify the national economy beyond its heavy reliance on tourism and aid. It has been framed as a rare and timely opportunity to generate revenue and strengthen economic independence.

New Caledonia will host the region’s largest Nature Conservation Conference for the Pacific from 7–11 September this year.

A U.S. fishing regulator recently recommended allowing commercial fishing across all four of the country’s Pacific marine national monuments.

The Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program (TKCP) is thrilled for the opening of Woodland Park Zoo’s new Forest Trailhead next month. Woodland Park Zoo is a wildlife conservation organization and zoological garden located in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.

This programme is jointly funded by POGO and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and aims to promote training and capacity building leading towards a global ocean observation scheme.