Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a long history of involvement in the sea cucumber fishery and beche-de-mer trade.
During the late-1800s, the beche-de-mer trade was considered the ‘gold of the sea’. Average production for British
New Guinea was 37.1 tonnes between 1878 and 1900, with a peak export of 96.8 tonnes in 1883. Beche-de-mer was
the fifth most important export product for British New Guinea in 1903 with 83 tonnes. From 1900 to 1937, the Territory of Papua exported an average of 60 tonnes per annum, while the Mandated Territory of New Guinea
In Papua New Guinea (PNG), the absence of road links between its capital, Port Moresby, the second city, Lae, and the Highland Province, home to vigorous mining and agricultural production activity, meant a sole reliance on marine and air transport, a situation that was highly inefficient both in economic and social terms.
The purpose of this report is to provide Pacific Island countries that are influenced by the warm pool (the area bounded by 10°N–15°S and 140°E–180°) with information on the potential impacts of tuna fishing on this important
pelagic ecosystem, with a view to assisting these countries with developing policies that minimise the detrimental impacts of fishing through adjusting the amount and type of industrial fishing effort.
The SciCOFish project, Scientific support, for the management of coastal and oceanic fisheries in the Pacific Islands region, was implemented through the Contribution Agreement between the Pacific Community (SPC) and European Union (EU) from 17 April 2010 to 3 September 2015, with a budget of € 9,478,000.
The SciCOFish project, « Scientific support, for the management of coastal and oceanic fisheries in the
Pacific Islands region », implemented through the Contribution Agreement between the Secretariat of the
Pacific Community and European Union, is planned, after adoption of 2 addendums, for execution from the
17th April 2010 to the 3 September 2015, with a budget of € 9,478,000.
Papua New Guinea (PNG) shares maritime borders with Australia, Solomon Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Indonesia (which it also shares a land border with). PNG has an economic exclusion zone (EEZ) covering an estimated 3,120,000 km2 of marine waters. PNG also has a long coastline (~17,110 km in length) extending along 14 maritime provinces.