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Pacific tuna 2026: the FFA price floor, the eastward drift, and the USD 2 billion access economy
The Western and Central Pacific delivers more than half of the world's tuna catch and a quarter of public revenue for several Pacific Island states. The Vessel Day Scheme floor, the Dec 2024 WCPFC tropical tuna measure, and a warming ocean that pushes skipjack toward the high seas will set the price of Pacific sovereignty over the rest of the decade.
The Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) produced 2.50 million tonnes of tuna in 2023, about 55 percent of global tuna landings, per the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and SPC OFP. Skipjack accounted for roughly 70 percent of the WCPO catch, yellowfin 18 percent, bigeye 8 percent, and South Pacific albacore 4 percent. The eight Parties ...
Seabed Mining and the International Seabed Authority 2026: Stalled Code, Bypass Politics, and the Pacific Pivot
How a 30 year ISA Mining Code process, the Nauru 2 year rule, the Trump April 2025 executive order on DSHMRA permitting, and Norway's January 2025 1 year delay reshape the deep sea mining option for critical minerals strategists.
Deep sea mining sits at an unusual hinge in 2026. The International Seabed Authority has run a regulatory process for more than 30 years without finalizing exploitation rules, the July 2023 Nauru 2 year trigger has lapsed without a Mining Code, and the July 2025 Council session in Kingston again failed to close the text. The United States...