The Pacific Community (SPC)'s Heads of Fisheries meeting provides oversight of all SPC's work in the field of fisheries and aquaculture, as well as an opportunity to discuss relevant topics of regional interest. It covers SPC's Oceanic and Coastal Fisheries and Aquaculture Programmes, and Director's Office which collectively form the Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystem Division of SPC.
Agenda and informal papers
Working papers
Information papers
Background papers
BP1: Outcomes of the Fifteenth SPC Heads of Fisheries Meeting (pdf: 319 KB)
BP2b: Outcomes and actions report from the 3rd Community-Based Fisheries Dialogue (pdf: 267 KB)
BP8: SPC Strategic Plan (pdf: 10 MB)
BP9: SPC FAME data governance policy (pdf: 10 MB)
BP10: FFA Climate Change Strategy (pdf: 237 KB)
BP11: Aquatic food consumption in the Pacific region (pdf: 1.46 MB)
Presentations
02 Progress report against HoF15 outcomes (SPC)
03 Results reporting against FAME business plan (SPC)
05 FAME priorities and emerging work areas (SPC)
06 Implementation of strategic plan 2022-2031 (SPC SPL)
08 Coastal fisheries & aquaculture future focus (SPC)
10 Members update and key priorities (combined PICT presentations)
12 FAME member request system update (SPC)
13 Update on regional aquaculture strategy (SPC)
14 Tuna fisheries monitoring (SPC)
16 Climate change activity report (SPC)
17.1 COP28 Outcomes and Support (SPREP)
17.2 Climate change flagship (SPC)
17.3 Climate change strategy (FFA)
18 Climate change vulnerability assessment (Johanna Johnson and authors)
23 Update on regional data (SPC)
25 Regional fisheries data integration (SPC)
26 Coastal fisheries data Ikasavea (SPC)
27 Integrated fisheries and aquaculture data (SPC)
29 Supporting members to review regional polices update draft (SPC and FFA)
30 Digital Earth Pacific (SPC)
31.1 Gender flagship and GESI symposium
31.2 Pacific handbook for human rights, gender equity and social inclusion in tuna industries (SPC)
31.3 Gender and social inclusion in fisheries (SPC)
31.4 GESI Kiribati (Kiribati MFMRD)
32 PCCOS and SPC flagships update (SPC)
33 Unlocking Blue Pacific Prosperity (SPC)
34 Observer updates (World Bank - Xavier Vincent)