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An estimated 80 percent of fish consumed by the greater Suva urban population is currently sourced from the Great Sea Reef.

“I think the 100% Ocean management is the critical agenda that needs to be pushed forward.  When you say 100% management, it could mean a lot of things but it should be tied to the issues each of the nations are facing,” stated Minister Steven Victor of the issues that Palau would bring to t

With post-COVID state of affairs and impact to our national economy including the compounding global economic crisis, it is undoubtedly certain that Fiji needs an improved way forward that advocates and prioritises the conservation and resilience of our ocean economy. President Ratu Wiliame

Samoa's Minister for Natural Resources and Environment is among 20 founding members of the Pacific Parliamentarians’ Alliance on Deep Sea Mining.  Toesulusulu Cedric Schuster and his Pacific parliament colleagues agreed to form the Pacific Parliamentarians’ Alliance on Deep Sea Mining (PPADS

Conservation trust funds are said by some to take money away from urgent needs now, especially for land acquisitions, where it is often a case of ‘now or never.’ While donors do prefer to support the creation of new protected areas, the under-funding of protection and management results in “paper

An historic commitment was made today by Premier Dalton Tagelagi announcing the bold move to commit one hundred percent of the island’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and Territorial Seas to marine conservation in an initiative called “Niue Nukutuluea Multiple-use Marine Park”...This commitment wi

Tuvalu’s government has rescinded its support to explore deep sea mining in the country’s waters. The government had sponsored mining firm Circular Metals Tuvalu last December to apply for an exploration permit with the International Seabed Authority.

With its distinct forehead bulge and striking bright blue, green, and yellow colors, the endangered humphead wrasse is certainly hard to miss. These colossal coral reef fish, found across the Indo-Pacific, weigh in at over 400 pounds and can grow to over six feet long.

Half of the planet’s non-human species are already on the move in response to climate change impacts on temperature, precipitation or the movement of other species...Traditional forms of species conservation have focused on well-defined, immovable boundaries to create national park

Early in the days when Europeans explored the Pacific frontier, they left their mark over a vast expanse of the ocean and its islands.