Fiji, Oct. 27 -- Pacific fisheries leaders are being urged to unite on tuna management positions ahead of next month's Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting, while ensuring the region secures greater economic and social benefits from its fisheries.
Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director-General Noan David Pakop made the call while opening the 22nd Management Options Consultation (MOC22) at FFA headquarters in Honiara.
Pakop said Pacific countries shared a responsibility to protect tuna stocks for future generations while improving the benefits fisheries deliver to their people today.
"Our collective responsibility is not only to safeguard resources for future generations, but also to secure greater econo...