Fiji, Feb. 24 -- The Chair of the Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial Meeting(FFCMM) and Niue Minister for Natural Resources, Mona Ainuu, has called for stronger alignment between Pacific Island countries and development partners to secure long-term gains from the region's tuna resources.

Opening the Development Partners Symposium under the theme "Casting Together for Impactful and Sustainable Fisheries," Ainuu said Pacific fisheries success has always been intentional and Member-driven.

"It is my honour, as Chair of the Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial Meeting, to formally open this Development Partners Symposium."

She thanked the Director-General and the Secretariat for convening the meeting under what she described as a timel...