Honiara Summit
Iumi tugeda delivering on SDG 14.4: Achieving Sustainable Fisheries
Day 3 - Thursday 27 February 2025
Session 7: Supporting fisheries sustainability through implementation of international instruments.
Panel 7.1: Integrating international instruments for sustainable fisheries
Speakers:
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FACILITATOR: Dr Pio Manoa, Deputy Director General, Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
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Santiago Wills, Director of the Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division, World Trade Organization (WTO)
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Michele Ameri, Legal Officer in the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
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Vera Agostini, Deputy Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division at the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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Session 7: Supporting fisheries sustainability through implementation of international instruments.
Panel 7.2: From Global frameworks to regional and national actions
Speakers:
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KEYNOTE: Hon. Dalton Tagelagi, Prime Minister of Niue
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FACILITATOR: Alice McDonald, Senior Fishery Officer, at FAO, and is the Secretary of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) and the Secretary of the Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network
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Masanori Kobayashi, Program Director, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF)
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Charlina Vitcheva, Director-General – DG MARE, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
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Paul de Bruyn, Executive Secretary at the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
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Session 8: Strengthening Partnerships to Implement SDG14.4.
Panel 8.1: Forging stronger partnership within the Fisheries Sector for the common good
Speakers:
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KEYNOTE: H.E. Surangel Whippsm, President of Palau
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FACILITATOR: Dr Vera Agostini, Deputy Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division at the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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H.E. Barbara Plinkert, Ambassador of the European Union to the Pacific
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Dr Darius Campbell, Secretary of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
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Dr Tom Pickerill, World Resources Institute
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David Carter, CEO, Austral Fisheries, Australia
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Session 8: Strengthening Partnerships to Implement SDG14.4.
Panel 8.2: Getting the balance right: messaging UNOC3 on SDG14.4
Speakers:
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FACILITATOR: Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen, Former Director-General, FFA
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Masanori Kobayashi, Program Director, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF)
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Dr Elizabeth McLeod, The Nature Conservancy’s Global Ocean Director
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Alfredo Giron, Head of Ocean Action, World Economic Forum
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Hon. Lae-Hyung Hond, Deputy Minister of Fisheries, Republic of Korea
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J. Charles Fox, the Executive Director of Oceans 5
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Side event 5: Fisheries Monitoring Control and Surveillance: challenges and solutions
Speakers: ​
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Ms. Charlene Golu, Deputy Director, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Solomon Islands
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Mr. Mark Nicholson, MCS Advisor, FAME, SPC
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Dr. Pablo Dieseldorff, Sustainable Fisheries Director, Waitt Institute
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Mr. Allan Rahari, FFA Director Fisheries Operations​
Side event 6: Emerging Fisheries Governance Initiatives (international and regional developments)
Speakers: ​
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Honourable Steven Victor, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment, Republic of Palau
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Mrs Charlina Vitcheva, Director General of DG MARE, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, EU
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Mr. Poi Okosene, Director of Fisheries and Natural Resources, Niue
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Mr. Michele Ameri, Legal Officer, UN DOALOS
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Mr. Darius Campbell, Executive Secretary, NEAFC
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Mr. Taoufik El Ktiri, Executive Secretary, COMHAFA
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Mr. Glen Holmes, Senior Officer, International Fisheries, The Pew Charitable Trusts
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Mr. Arthur Irwing Sokimi, Pacific Regional Director, Waitt Institute
Session 9: Honiara Summit Outcomes.
Speakers: ​
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FACILITATOR: Dr Jimmie Rodgers, Secretary to the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands
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Dr Vera Agostini, Deputy Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division at the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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Dr Darius Campbell, Secretary of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
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Dr Pio Manoa, Deputy Director General, Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
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Dr Graham Pilling, Deputy Director of the Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems division at the Pacific Community (SPC)
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Dr Neville Smith, Director of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems at the Pacific Community (SPC)
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Alice McDonald, Senior Fishery Officer, at FAO, and is the Secretary of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) and the Secretary of the Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network
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Ambassador Peter Thomson
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Closing of the conference