- Establishment of a competent authority support unit to assist PACP government agencies meet sanitary market access requirements
- Support for sanitary and IUU competent authorities to comply with applicable legislation allowing for market access
- Assistance with fisheries development and national policies
- Annual policy dialogue with the European Union
- Assistance to PACP to comply with the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission conservation management measures, and to implement checklist identified priorities
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- Support for marine spatial planning in at least two countries
- Integrated ecosystem strategies and coastal zone management planning
- Climate change adaptation strategies integrated into coastal community plans
- Endangered marine species bycatch assessed, and extinction risk evaluated
- Bycatch mitigation strategies developed and rolled-out
- Capacity development through research grant
- Support for community monitoring and protection of endangered species
The Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) programme is a regional initiative funded by the European Union (EU) and Sweden to support the sustainable management and development of fisheries for food security and economic growth in the Pacific.
The Pacific-European Union (EU) Marine Partnership (PEUMP) programme promotes sustainable management and sound ocean governance through a holistic and multi-sectoral approach contributing to social, economic and environmental development in the Pacific, as well as biodiversity protection and promoting the sustainable use of fisheries and other marine resources.
The Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) programme applies a gender, social inclusion lens and human rights-based approach across all of its programming. In response to SDG 10, PEUMP’s implementing partners are trained to act sensitively, identify opportunities to tackle poverty reduction, ensure an inclusive and fair share of benefits that leave no one behind, while supporting countries on the ground to strengthen the social dimension of their work.
Suva, Fiji (17 February, 2020) – A training workshop to raise awareness of the obstacles women and men face in the commercial fishing industry, the impact of foreign offshore fishing operations on Pacific people’s lives and the impact on human rights was recently held in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Suva, Fiji. July 2, 2020 – Microplastics (MPs) are prevalent in the waters of Fiji and through seafood consumed, they pose a risk to human health and to Mother Earth, a Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) Programme funded Master of Science scholarship recipient at the University of the South Pacific, Andrew Paris, has found.
MP’s are tiny pieces of invisible plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean and are less than 5mm in size.
The role of women in fisheries can finally be better-understood thanks to a new report on Gender Analysis of the Fisheries Sector in the Federated States of Micronesia”, the country’s first national report to provide in-depth insights and evidence-based information on women’s roles and contributions in fisheries. This report is the first of several national analyses aimed at improving gender mainstreaming and boosting women’s empowerment in the fisheries sector.