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This island nation contains many marine eco-systems, from globally significant coral reefs to mangroves, seagrass areas, seamounts and deep-sea trenches supporting at least 769 fish species, including sharks and rays, as well as whales, dolphins and sea turtles.

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are areas of the ocean set aside for long-term conservation aims.| MPAs support climate change adaptation and mitigation while providing other ecosystem services.| Currently 6.35% of the ocean is protected, but only just over 1.89% is covered by exclusively no-take MPAs.| Most existing MPAs do not have enough human and financial resources to properly implement conservation and management measures.| Increased political commitments can help boost the governance of and resources available to MPAs.

Fisheries address book by the Division of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems & SPC

Protected areas for Pacific Island Communities - Managing natural resources now and for the future (Poster)

Fisheries address book by the Division of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems & SPC

Project Brief on ISACC

This report describes a preliminary economic (cost-benefit) analysis of deep-sea minerals (DSM) mining in the Pacific Island region. Since mining has yet to occur anywhere in the world, the analysis is based on realistic yet hypothetical mining scenarios developed for three mineral deposits thought to have a high potential for economic viability: Seafloor-massive Sulphide (SMS) Deposits in Papua New Guinea (PNG),? Polymetallic Manganese Nodules (MN) in the Cook Islands, and? Ferromanganese Cobalt-rich Crusts (CRC) in the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI).?

In 2014, we embarked on a change agenda designed to re-position SPC as the principal scientific and technical agency supporting development in the Pacific region.

The Pacific Community Strategic Plan 2016-2020 sets out our organisation's strategic direction and priorities. The Pacific Community (SPC) recognises that our programmes and services need to consider the changing development landscape at national, regional and global levels. As a key institution in the regional architecture of organisations supporting the Pacific, our programmes must reflect the strategic direction set out in the Framework for Pacific Regionalism, the regional priorities identified in the SAMOA Pathway and the commitments in the Sustainable Development Goals.