A NZD$18 million Arrangement was signed by the New Zealand High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands, Georgina Roberts and Forum Fisheries Agency Director General, Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen in Honiara, Solomon Island on Friday, 18 June.

The Arrangement will support a wide range of important services that the Forum Fisheries Agency FFA provides to its 17 member countries, “including training policy and technical advice, governance, fisheries surveillance and economic data, all within the framework of the FFA Strategic Plan 2020-25.”

Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen said that New Zealand had always played an invaluable role for FFA – both as a founding member and as a long-standing development partner.

“We sincerely thank New Zealand for its crucial support for our work towards maintaining the largest and most sustainably managed fishery in the world. Our work together with Member countries ensures the fisheries sector continues to support the incomes, jobs, livelihoods and food security for our people.”