Strengthened communication, coordination and information exchange provide the foundation for FSM’s an improved approach to fisheries compliance. The National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) have strengthened their relationship and adopted an improved approach to fisheries compliance for FSM. The approach seeks to achieve optimal levels of compliance through the […]
New law doubles the distance from FSM shores for commercial exploitation ban
By Bill Jaynes The Kaselehlie Press April 18, 2017 Pohnpei, FSM—FSM President Peter M. Christian has signed into law an amendment doubling the distance from all FSM shore lines in which commercial marine activities are now banned. It is an idea that he proposed during a speech on the Congress floor when he was a […]
World Tuna Day
On December 7, 2016, the United Nations adopted a resolution establishing World Tuna Day as an internationally-recognized event. This confirmation by the global community of the value o tuna has resonated among Pacific Islands, particularly the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, who control the world’s largest sustainable Skipjack Fishery and depend on tuna for food […]
