That challenge, as well as the lack of proper educated fishing crews, the limited amount of tuna stock as an impact of Climate Change and other related issues was raised by Chief Executive Officer of Tonga’s Ministry of Fisheries Dr Tu’ikolongahau Halafihi during an interview with Radio Tonga at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission’s 15th (WCPFC) Convention in Honolulu this week.
‘The albacore fishery is a lifeline for our people,’ Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director General Dr. Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen told Pacific Editors in Honolulu.
