新西兰加大支持太平洋渔业发展 助提升金枪鱼产业价值与打击非法捕捞
新西兰政府宣布增加对太平洋岛国渔业发展的资金支持，推动产业创新，提高金枪鱼产品附加值，并协助太平洋国家获得更公平的渔业收益。外交部长与海洋及渔业部长共同公布这一消息。
Winston Peters表示，太平洋地区供应了全球超过一半的金枪鱼贸易量，但大多数金枪鱼捕捞所在海域的国家，并未获得与资源相匹配的经济回报。
他说，支持太平洋地区的水产加工企业，加强沿海社区与全球市场的联系，是新西兰帮助当地提升产业收益的重要方式。
Shane Jones当天在国会举行的**第25届论坛渔业委员会部长级会议（Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial Meeting）开幕式上宣布，新西兰将增加对论坛渔业局（Forum Fisheries Agency，FFA）**的资金支持。
他说，这笔新增资金将帮助FFA进一步打击非法、未报告及无管制捕捞（IUU Fishing），加强成员国渔业管理能力，并确保太平洋渔业资源的长期可持续发展。
此外，新西兰还将支持FFA推动太平洋岛国金枪鱼产业发展计划（Pacific Islands Tuna Ventures Programme，PITVP），重点开发金枪鱼产业的高附加值产品。
Winston Peters表示，新西兰将利用资金、科研、技术及管理经验，帮助太平洋渔民及其家庭获得更高收入。
他说，产业未来发展的关键之一，是协助企业实现产品多元化，提高每吨金枪鱼的经济价值，而PITVP正是围绕这一目标展开。
目前，该计划已取得初步成果，包括将过去被废弃的金枪鱼副产品加工成宠物食品、肥料以及高附加值食品，实现资源循环利用并创造更多经济收益。
本周，太平洋各国渔业部长齐聚惠灵顿，出席一年一度的论坛渔业委员会部长级会议及区域渔业部长会议。这是新西兰18年来首次主办上述会议。
担任本届会议主席的Shane Jones表示，此次新增资金再次体现新西兰对论坛渔业局作为太平洋地区最重要区域渔业合作机构的坚定支持。
他说，与新西兰一样，渔业是许多太平洋岛国的重要经济支柱，也是保障粮食安全的重要产业。由于金枪鱼跨越多个国家海域洄游，渔业资源管理必须依靠区域合作，因此，加强对FFA的支持及各成员国之间的协调合作，对维护渔业资源的可持续发展至关重要。
New Zealand is backing Pacific nations’ fisheries through increased funding and support to drive innovation and help generate higher returns on tuna, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones say.
“The Pacific region supplies more than half of the world’s traded tuna. However, the countries in whose waters most tuna are caught do not always get a fair return on that catch,” Mr Peters says.
“Backing the Pacific-based fish processors who link coastal communities to the global marketplace is one way New Zealand can help change that.”
Mr Jones spoke at the opening of the 25th Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial Meeting at Parliament this evening where he announced a funding boost for the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA).
“This increased support from New Zealand will help the FFA combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, build capacity across member countries, and ensure the long-term sustainability and integrity of the region’s fisheries resources,” Mr Jones says.
The FFA will also be supported to drive the Pacific Islands Tuna Ventures programme (PITVP) which is focused on “value-add” opportunities for tuna fisheries.
“New Zealand’s funding, science, technical expertise and management know-how can help deliver better returns to Pacific fishers and their families,” Mr Peters says.;
“One way to secure the future success of the sector is by helping businesses diversify production to capture higher returns from each tonne of tuna. This is the focus of the New Zealand-supported PITVP.”
The programme has already had success with projects turning previously wasted tuna by-products into pet food, fertiliser and high-value food products.
Pacific fisheries ministers are meeting in Wellington this week for the annual Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial Meeting and the Regional Fisheries Ministerial Meeting. It is the first time in 18 years New Zealand has hosted these meetings.
Mr Jones, who is chairing the ministerial meeting, says the funding highlights New Zealand’s commitment to the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) as the key Pacific Island regional fisheries institution.
“As with New Zealand, fisheries provide significant income for many Pacific nations and are critical for their domestic food security.
“Fisheries span many marine boundaries and the tuna range widely, so managing them effectively and keeping their stocks healthy is a regional effort. This is why our support for the FFA is essential and why coming together in these meetings is important,” Mr Jones says.
