Government of Solomon Islands

Vessel Monitoring and Surveillance (VMS)

About us

VMS is a programme of the Compliance Section. Our activities include:

Transshipment Monitoring
Boarding & Inspection
Investigation
Catch certificates
Landing
Export inspection
Training

Resources

This page is under development. We will describe here our participation in the programmes of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) such as managing the vessel day scheme.

PNA website
iFIMS
WCPFC

Investigations

Details of current investigations will be posted here.

Recent Vessel Monitoring Compliance News

DPM and Fisheries Minister signs off key report
June 26, 2019, 11:36 a.m.

HONIARA, 26 June 2019 – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Fisheries who attended the 16th Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial Meeting in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, last week joined other ministers in signing off on a key report – the Strategic Action Programme for the Sustainable Management of Living Oceanic Resources by the Small Island Developing States of the Western and Central Pacific (the Strategic Action Programme or SAP) – for submission to the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Tuna featured in new $5 note
May 3, 2019, 6:45 a.m.

The new five dollar note ($5) which was launched yesterday at the Heritage Park Hotel has tuna as one of its prominent features.

Tuna resource must be protected
May 3, 2019, 5:52 a.m.

The Western and Central Pacific Ocean holds the world’s largest tuna fishery with a total catch of more than 2.5 million tons a year. The target species (albacore, skipjack, bigeye and yellowfin) are being managed at sustainable levels and there is no overfishing occurring for these stocks. This is in stark contrast to all other oceans.

SI attends PNA meeting in Palau
March 20, 2019, 7:20 p.m.

The Annual Parties to Nauru Agreement (PNA) officials meeting got underway in Koror, Palau this week and Solomon Islands is being replresented by a small delegation led by the Director of Fisheries Mr Edward Honiwala.

Pacific leaders want IUU fishing eliminated
Dec. 10, 2018, 5:42 p.m.

Honolulu 7 December 2018 — Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean is being targeted for elimination like never before following calls by Pacific Leaders for “action to end illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing and associated activities."

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Vessel Monitoring and Surveillance (VMS)

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Investigations

Japan and SI sign fisheries support agreement

Future of tilapia and seaweed discussed

Grammar school improves English for many locals