Our Work

About the Summit

The 2025 Honiara Summit will focus on meaningful action and innovation towards achieving SDG14: Life Below Water with a dedicated focus on the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources for our sustainable development.

Objectives

Objective 1

Examine progress to date on SDG 14.4.1 status and report progress at global, regional and national levels based on FAO Reports and custodianship data, updates in the FAO Stock Status methodology, and ongoing RFMOs/RFABs analyses.

Objective 2

Share knowledge and experience on fisheries sustainability, management, and development.

Objective 3

Identify knowledge and data gaps, challenges to close these gaps, and strategies and policy actions to do so, including for coastal fisheries.

Provide an opportunity to align narrative, strategies and relevant policy actions at all levels in the build-up to the 3rd UN Ocean Conference.

Objective 4

Objective 5

Align SDG14.4 messages and priorities in relation to the implementation of the UN BBNJ Agreement, The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, and the CBD Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework.

Objective 6

Reaffirm the need for engagement of all stakeholders, their respective roles and a strong call for collaboration among all actors.

While the meeting is global by design, it will have a particular focus on fishery stocks from the Pacific Ocean, a region that provides 58% of all global marine catches (2022 data). A Technical Declaration, with a specific focus on the status of fisheries sustainability, representing the views of a global community of authoritative/relevant stakeholders, is planned and will inform UNOC3.