#Pacific domestic vessels equipped with solar systems are saving up to 32% /year on operational costs, equivalent to AUD48000 as part of a new pilot project focused on reducing emissions &demonstrating the use of #renewableenergy#maritimetransport@IMOHQ
https://t.co/FwotnDAlg3
Stocks of the 4 main tuna species fished in Oceania are in relatively good health. This is 1of the conclusions of the studies conducted by @spc_cps's Ocean Fisheries Programme
#TunaStock#Pacific#Fisheries
Learn more with the Fisheries Newsletter #159
https://t.co/OJbJIU9vRP
Great group picture from the #MarineRegionsForum intense discussion, diverse perspectives and a clear call for #OceanAction and impact. What specific opportunities presented themselves to regional ocean governance to enable action.
Dame Meg, Pacific Ocean Commissioner highlights the vital role of PIC representatives in advancing the vision of the 'Blue Pacific' continent, by working to have a legally binding treaty for the high seas by 2020. https://t.co/LOhA88akPw
Congratulations to the Qoliqoli Cokovata Management Committee for the listing of “the heart of the Great Sea Reef” on the global Ramsar site list!! @wwfpacific@IUCN_Oceania https://t.co/zuBRDN7M2A
In a side-event organised by #MACBIO, reps from Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu and Tonga who were in Samoa for the #BIOPAMA inception workshop, shared their experiences and presented on their respective marine spatial planning and networks of marine protected areas.
@macbionews
The #MACBIO project (jointly implmntd by #GIZ, #IUCN and #SPREP) recently launchd 3 reports which offer building blocks 4 delivrng national networks 4 an ecologically representative system of #MPAs in the SW Pac.
Read more? https://t.co/5z6FD7wYvI
@macbionews@SprepChannel
MSP is a practical way of organising the human use of marine areas to balance the demands of human activities with the need to protect the health of the ecosystems on which those activities depend.
Visit https://t.co/X8Uip9M4kl to read more!
@macbionews#SpatialPlanning
How valuable is our ocean?
@fijitimes article highlights the large value of Fiji's marine ecosystems and how much we could lose
#MACBIO@SprepChannel@IUCN_Oceania@giz_gmbh
https://t.co/35lLW3fwFp
https://t.co/WIgJuy8tek