Around $2-3 billion worth of tuna is caught per year in national waters of Forum Members. It shows tuna is important in terms of revenue & indication of robust management measures in place in the Pacific- OPOC Dr Filimon Manoni on #WorldTunaDay
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#pacific Leaders & delegates in Cyprus for #CommonWealth Ocean Ministers Meeting voiced interests & enthusiasm leading to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in #Samoa in October.
Focus is Sea Level Rise, ratification of the BBNJ Agreement & #ocean related matters.

Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr Filimon Manoni met #europeancommission Director General on Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Charlina Vitcheva on #partnerships & #Germany Ocean Commissioner Sebastian Unger on #ocean #collaboration including #BBNJ treaty & #fisheries .
#OurOceanGreece

In Athens, for official opening of #OurOceanGreece .
Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr. Filimon Manoni’s schedule included an update on #BBNJ matters in Pacific & #OPOC work supporting national workshops and the #pacific regional BBNJ Workshop scheduled for 3rd to 11th July.

Pacific Leaders & delegates at #OurOceanGreece conference met to map ways to collaborate throughout the two day meeting.
OPOC Dr Filimon Manoni and his team co-organised the event with Waitt Institute provided the space for #ocean talanoa.
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On the final day of the UN Ocean Decade Conference, Pacific Islands Forum Chair #CookIslands Prime Minister Mark Brown led #Pacific discussions in #ocean #ocean science support by OPOC Dr #FilimonManoni , #Pacific Community & #OPOC
#UNOcean .
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Day 2 UN Ocean Decade Conference in #Barcelona was abt diving deep into #ocean literacy, research & meaningful partnerships.
OPOC Dr Filimon Manoni met UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Vidar Helgesen. He also met Dr. María del Carmen García from Spanish Institute of Oceanography.
#OceanDecade24

Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr Filimon Manoni joined Leaders, scientists & experts including Pacific Islands Forum Chair Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown & UNSG’s Special Envoy on Ocean Peter Thomson UN Ocean Decade at #ocean conference2024 in #Barcelona to discuss #ocean actions.

Ali'i from Palau.Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr Filimon Manoni settling in his new office in Palau met Honorable Minister Steven Victor, Palau's Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment. They talked about #OPOC transition from #Fiji to #Palau and #ocean collaborations.

Alii from Palau. Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr Filimon Manoni who starts working in Palau this week visited Palau's Minister of State Honourable Gustav Aitaro & discussed OPOC's transition from #Fiji to Palau and potential #ocean collaborations.

To all the #women of the #ocean - Happy #InternationalWomensDay !
#IWD2024

Guten Tag!
Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr Filimon Manoni met with Germany's Ambassador & Special Envoy for Pacific Island States Dr Andreas Prothmann & discussed #ocean issues. Germany is in the process of ratifying #BBNJ . Palau was the first to ratify #BBNJ followed by Chile

Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr Filimon Manoni welcomed new members of the #OPOC vaka as they charted their course for 2024.
Congrats Elisiva Akau'ola Legal Officer, Madeleine Pears- Policy Officer, Leena Mesebeluu -Ocean Registry Officer and Moira Simmons- Engagement Officer.

Pacific Ocean Commissioner this week spoke on protecting the #ocean while ensuring equity in #BlueEconomy when addressing the Consecutive Meeting of the #Pacific - #EU Regional Parliamentary Assembly in Luanda, Angola.
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Great to hear more about #2050Strategy from regional experts working closely on that massive work as OPOC team finalise its strategic plan. Expanded OPOC team with new additions currently meet in Suva charting their redefined #ocean course.

Join us at the Ocean Pavilion at COP28 UAE Wednesday, December 6 from 8am on accelerating #ocean action for #climate , linking #COP28 to #COP31 in Australia.
We will take you on an ocean voyage with our Pacific Leaders on climate. Will share the live watch link here.

The #Pacific joins the #INC3 to elaborate an international legally binding instrument on #plasticpollution , including in marine environment in Nairobi, Kenya. Over 2000 participants, 166 countries & observers are part of this session.
Photo by IISD/ENB | Anastasia Rodopoulou

We will need nothing more than a revolution to address the current #plastic pollution crisis we face, says OPOC Dr Filimon Manoni. Speaking at regional preparatory meeting in Koror #Palau , he said that he has the health of our #ocean at heart.
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Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr Filimon Manoni joins ocean experts from around the region at EU-Pacific #ocean dialogue. He commends the EU on what they do for the #ocean in the #Pacific
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Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr Filimon Manoni today in Suva opens a regional symposium on addressing #plastic pollution in the Pacific with renewed calls for everyone to start with small steps from home by addressing #plastic issue in the #Pacific #ocean .
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