Fish on display in Papara, Tahiti. Image: © Pauline Bosserelle
Number 177 (May–August 2025)
Produced by the Pacific Community, Division of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems, Information Section, BP D5, 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia
Produced with financial assistance from the Government of Australia, the European Union and the New Zealand Aid Programme
In this issue
SPC ACTIVITIES
- Masterclass on digital communications: Free and easy-to-use tools to better promote your work
by Céline Muron, Hugo Nguyen, Hettie Sem, Camille Menaouer and Solène Bertrand (pdf: 1 MB)
- Learning and building together: Join two communities of practice for Pacific fisheries and aquaculture
by Céline Muron (pdf: 475 KB) - First regional training in scaling-up community-based fisheries management: Building skills together for different contexts
by Hugh Govan, Ivory Akao, Watisoni Lalavanua, Bwenatu Ketu, Kila Kilakau, George Leinga, Conrad Kengava, Fiauu Faletoese, Kenya Kenieroa, Semesa Banuve, Malasy Malakia, Caroline Vieux and Teri Tuxson (pdf: 1 MB) - Building climate-resilient fisheries and aquaculture in Nauru
by Sergio Bolasina (pdf: 398 KB) - Grid-based sampling strategy to strengthen biological samples collection on purse-seine vessels in the WCPO
by Francois Roupsard (pdf: 389 KB) - Empowering fisheries: Solomon Islands hosts FAD training workshop
by William Sokimi (pdf: 394 KB) - Take a moment to listen: Creative storytelling for effective fisheries management
by Richard Veeran (pdf: 311 KB)
NEWS FROM IN AND AROUND THE REGION
- The Pacific foodfish list: A standardised list of over 1000 species of marine fishes consumed by Pacific people
by Neil Andrew and Franck Magron (pdf: 288 KB) - A key regional monitoring, control and surveillance policy document for the sustainable use of Pacific tuna resources
by Jason Raubani (pdf: 332 KB) - Combating covert catches: Addressing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing of tuna stocks in the Pacific
by Jason Raubani, Yohni Fepuleai and Allan Rahari (pdf: 383 KB) - Nurturing island leaders: Youth training and innovation in Solomon Islands
by Gregory Bennett, Janet Saeni Oeta, Sylvester Pua'ara and Hampus Eriksson (pdf: 689 KB)
FEATURE ARTICLES
- The challenges of and opportunities for effective tracking of community-based resource management information in Solomon Islands
by George Leinga, Caroline Vieux, Grace Orirana and Hugh Govan (pdf: 553 KB) - Tuna bottling: One answer to food security in Solomon Islands
by Madeline Kili Solo, Luke Maxwell Jino, Collin Rudolf Gereniu, Jim Hyacinth Damusaru, Lindon Havimana, Kofi Otumawu-Apreku and Taro Kawamoto (pdf: 684 KB) - Assessing the sustainability of New Caledonian fisheries using models based on catch size
by Louis-Charles Dziegala, Pablo Chavance, Thibaud Moleana and Lionel Pawlowski (pdf: 388 KB)