Fiji, Dec. 5 -- Niue's Minister of Natural Resources and Pacific Political Climate Champion for Oceans, Mona Ainuu, delivered a sharp warning to delegations at WCPFC22, calling on the Tuna Commission to take climate science seriously and adopt long-overdue measures, starting with the South Pacific albacore management procedure(SPA MP).

Ainuu said Niue "strongly advocate[s] for the adoption of a SPA MP at this meeting," describing it as "fundamentally important" to her country.

Turning to climate change, she did not mince words.

"Climate change is not a distant warning; it is our lived reality. Our islands face rising seas, warming oceans, and increasingly severe storms," she said.

Ainuu said the weak climate outcome from COP30 in Braz...