PNA members in driving seat

Signatories to Parties to the Nauru Agreement are taking more control of their fisheries resources, fisheries authorities say. Under the agreement, which took effect in 2008, members have seen an increase in income from their fisheries with an increasing world market prices for tuna from just USD 450 per metric ton before 2000 to as high as USD 2,000, thanks to the introduction of PNA’s vessel day scheme. The EU is trying to circumvent the scheme by coming up with its own fisheries strategy but this has been challenged by most PNA members and other regional organisations involved in the fisheries sector, including the Pacific Islands Forum.

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Kiery Manassah

Kiery Manassah is a journalist and holds a Master of Communication for Social Change from the University of Queensland. He is a former editor of the Vanuatu Daily Post and has worked at the Pacific Institute of Public Policy. Most recently he held the position of Public Relations Officer for the government led by Joe Natuman.

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