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Nouméa, NEW CALEDONIA — No-take marine protected areas in the western and central Pacific Ocean appear to offer no benefit to tropical tuna conservation according to a new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science.
The paper's lead author and chief fisheries scientist at the Pacific Community...
Glasgow, SCOTLAND — The COP26 climate talks have heard that the Pacific Island region will need to contend with the loss of Pacific tuna stocks which are under threat from climate change.
The abundance and distribution of the four economically important tuna in the western and central Pacific —...

![The paper's lead author and chief fisheries scientist at the Pacific Community, John Hampton, said the tuna study found closing off the Phoenix Islands Protected Area had a negligible impact on the conservation of skipjack and bigeye tuna. [courtesy photo] John Hampton](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/john_hampton_jpg.jpg?itok=vk_l7R8w)
![A Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority fisheries observer monitors tuna being off-loaded from a purse seiner in port Majuro, now said to be the busiest tuna transshipment port in the world. [photo: AFP PHOTO / Hilary HOSIA via RNZ] A fishing observer in Marshall Islands](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fishing_observer.jpg?itok=P9XsuBkM)