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World famous French explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau was in Fiji recently to discuss ideas with the Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, on the conservation of our oceans.

The Government will continue to work with its development partners; private sector investors and other interested parties to continue provide necessary support towards East Rennell World Heritage Site development agenda said Minister of Environment and Conservation Samuel Manetoali.Click on the l

We bet you're thinking that keeping stock out of water, along with grass filters or native plantings along waterways are the equivalent of plastering over the nation's water quality cracks.

Recreational fisheries can play a significant role in the population dynamics of threatened fish species, but have received much less research and management attention than commercial fisheries.

Premier of  Rennell Bellona, Collin Tesuatai during opening of a three-day round table meeting to address the East Rennell world heritage conservation site on Wednesday highlighted certain factors that hinder the conservation efforts there since it started in 1998.Click on the

A New Song for Coastal Fisheries, a strategy and roadmap produced through a participatory workshop facilitated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, calls upon Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) to ensure strong and up-to-date management policy, legislation, and planning

Conservation proposals that were submitted to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) but not addressed at its recent meeting in Mexico need to be tackled at the next meeting...Topics that still need to be tackled following the July meeting include the introduction of conservation mea

This year, Chile will host the Fourth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC4), and Patagon Journal has the honor of being a media partner of the event, which will take place between September 4 and 8 in La Serena.Click on the link below to read the full story.

Federal fisheries managers rejected a petition to list Pacific bluefin tuna as endangered this week, concluding that the species is stable, despite its historic low numbers.Click on the link below to read the full story.

Identifying opportunities the blue economy offers to Pacific Islands,  so that they can sustainably manage and conserve their ocean resources to benefit their economies and people will be the focus at the first high level Pacific Blue Economy Conference to be held on 23-24 August 2