Tokelau Arrangement progressed: Pacific nations agree to historic tuna fishery management pact22nd October 2014 Pacific Island nations will take more control over the southern albacore tuna fishery after reaching a historic agreement on joint harvest control measures.
In the past 10 years, an influx of new boats to the albacore fishery, including large numbers of heavily-subsidised Chinese vessels, have depleted fish stocks and driven many Pacific-island tuna businesses to the wall.
Officials from the Pacific Forum Fishery Agency (FFA) countries, meeting in Solomon Islands, have agreed on the text for a framework for managing the fishery, known as the Tokelau Arrangement for the Management of the South Pacific Longline Fishery.
For further informartion, ABC news reports are current. The Pacific Forum Fishery Agency will update news soon.
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