The parties are the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
They are often referred to as the PNA.
Their third implementing arrangement, adopted in 2008, follows a tradition of innovation by PNA leaders in developing new initiatives to manage tuna resources in the region.
Many of the measures of the PNA were also adopted at the last meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission such as the high seas pockets closure and the coverage of observers.
The Forum Fisheries Agency provides legal and technical assistance to enable PNA countries to implement these measures at a national level.
This assistance is partly funded by the Global Environment Facility-funded Oceanic Fisheries Management Project.
PNA chairman Kintoba Tearo, Kiribati’s director of fisheries, ministry of fisheries and marine resources development, said: “I am pleased to see the results of our collaboration and look forward to the decisions of the PNA ministers.”
