AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoFisheries & Oceans: Pacific Islands Forum Deputy Secretary General Esala Nayasi urged Pacific countries to discourage subsidies that back fishing of stocks already declared overfished, linking the WTO fisheries-subsidies push to tackling IUU fishing and protecting the “Blue Pacific” ocean economy. Deep-sea mining & Law of the Sea: The UN’s deep-sea mining inquiry will continue after the top maritime court rejected a bid to pause it, with Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd (TOML) and Nauru Ocean Resources Inc (NORI) named in the dispute over due process and contract obligations. Climate education & scholarships: Tower-backed scholarships are supporting a world-first Bachelor of Climate Change at the University of Waikato, including Pacific recipients from Samoa, aiming to build local capacity to respond to climate impacts. Tonga policing & regional cooperation: Tonga Police launched a regional hunt for two high-risk escapees after a custody escape in Nuku’alofa, working with partners across the Pacific. Human trafficking & exploitation: Tongan police are investigating a syndicate accused of “auctioning” young Tongan women into arranged marriages in China, after victims described being treated as bought and sold. Biodiversity: Critically endangered black-and-white ruffed lemur twins were born at Central Park Zoo, adding to conservation hope for a species threatened by habitat loss and poaching.
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