A small fish canning workshop conducted in Honiara recently is in line with DCC Government policy says the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) Mr. Ferral Lasi.
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European Commission lifts Yellow Card from Solomon Islands
In the margins of the World Ocean Summit in Bali today, the Solomon Islands Delegation, led by Hon. John Maneniaru, received the official announcement from Mr Karmemu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, of the Commission’s decision to lift the yellow card from Solomon Islands.
SI to benefit from re-negotiated US Tuna Treaty
The recent signing of amendments to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty by diplomats from the United States and the 16 Pacific Islands at Novotel Hotel in Nadi has been hailed a success.
WCPFC 13 Regular session opens in Nadi
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission annual meeting opened yesterday in Nadi, Fiji with a traditional Fijian welcome ceremony and a call by the organization’s chairperson to appreciate “the value of incremental progress” in the Commission’s decision making process for fisheries conservation and management.
Fisheries officers confiscate, destroy bech-de-mer
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources recently, dispatched a number of its officers to certain hot spots in the provinces following reports of illegal harvesting of bech-de-mar by certain individuals.
MFMR unaware of illegal bech-de-mer harvesting
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) has categorically denied having any knowledge of an alleged harvesting of bech-de-mer on Luangiua as claimed by Dr Reginal Aipia in today’s Solomon Star.