Fisheries Commission must consider climate change impact – FFA
Quoting Radio New Zealand – 7 December 2019
“The Forum Fisheries Agency says nations want the regional tuna commission to fully recognise the impacts of climate change on Pacific fisheries.
“The FFA Director-General, Manu Tupou-Roosen, is in Port Moresby for the latest meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.
“She said members are calling for stronger action by the commission to recognise the impacts on fisheries, food security and livelihoods.
"Looking at ensuring that the commission actively consider those impacts when they deliberate, including in the development of conservation and management measures and again, looking at the carbon footprint, estimate what it is in any of the work related to the commission and provide options for how we offset and reduce that carbon footprint, " Dr Tupou-Roosen said.
“She said measures could include vessels assessing their use of the ozone depleting substances that are used in refrigeration.”
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