Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) has warned the big fishing nations to shape up and improve their record on conservation and management of tuna.??
The warning was issued at the Western and Central Pacific Commission (WCPFC) meeting that started yesterday in Guam.??
Each year the WCPFC brings together the Pacific Island countries, Asian nations, U.S., EU and other foreign fishers to meet and decide rules for fishing of tuna throughout the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, the world’s largest tuna fishery, supplying 50 percent of the global tuna supply. This year the commission must decide on a conservation and management measure for tuna at its annual meeting, which begins today and ends on Friday.
