Tuna Fishery Report Card 2025
Sustainability, value, employment and food security indicators for the WCPO tuna fisheries.
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Reporting years archived
450
FAME results reported 2018–2025
21
Linked report card editions
22
PICTs covered
Reporting trajectory 2018–2025
FAME results reported each year, aggregated from the divisional results registers. The pattern reflects the maturation of the MEL framework and the move to the FAME Business Plan 2024–2028.
Results per year
Source: FAME divisional results registers 2018–2025.
2025 results by type
- Output 29 (59%)
- Change in knowledge 13 (27%)
- Change in practice 6 (12%)
- Impact 1 (2%)
2025 reporting cycle — flagship products
Coastal Fishery Report Card 2025
Empowerment, resilience and livelihoods indicators across 15–22 PICTs.
Open interactive view2025 Results Register
Full list of 49 reported FAME results against the 7 Business Plan objectives.
Open Results DashboardAnnual reporting archive 2018–2025
Eight years of FAME results reporting, drawn directly from the divisional results registers. Each year card surfaces the headline milestone, total results reported, and links to the corresponding tuna and coastal report cards.
2025Latest
GCF US$107.4M; all 4 stocks healthy
49
FAME results reported
- Green Climate Fund commits US$107.4 million for Regional Tuna Programme
- All 4 WCPO stocks biologically healthy; FFA fleets' catch-value share at record 61%
- Tuna employment 26,176 (+19% on 2015); access & licence fees US$502m (+12% on 2023)
2024
11 partnerships; skipjack MP runs first cycle
54
FAME results reported
- SPC (FAME) established 11 partnerships worth EUR 127 million
- Skipjack MP runs first cycle — no catch adjustment recommended for 2024-2026
- 63 Pacific Islanders trained in stock assessment; 22 PICTs covered overall
2023
Skipjack TRP live under CMM 2022-01
81
FAME results reported
- SPC (FAME) negotiated 9 new funding agreements totalling EUR 16.2 million
- Skipjack Management Procedure commences under WCPFC CMM 2022-01
- Coastal budget share rises from 36% (2017) to 47% (2022) across 17 PICTs
2022
WCPFC adopts skipjack harvest strategy
56
FAME results reported
- Historic WCPFC22 adoption of skipjack harvest strategy in Da Nang
- FFA fleets' national-waters catch-value share rises to 56% (from 39% in 2015)
- Tuna employment +42% over 2015-2021; exports to 4 major markets +45%
2021
COVID adapted; longline catch -29%
57
FAME results reported
- All four WCPO stocks remain biologically healthy through pandemic
- Longline catch down 29% under COVID; fresh tuna exports down two-thirds
- Onshore processing volumes rise 50%+ over 2015-2020 despite pandemic
2020
Access fees +21%, exports +53%
47
FAME results reported
- Government access fees +21%, catch-value share +23% across WCPFC Convention Area (2015-19)
- Tuna export value +53% over four years
- Ollo longline observer app launched; VMS data integration begun
2019
Interim TRPs agreed
48
FAME results reported
- Interim Target Reference Points adopted by WCPFC for both skipjack and albacore
- 100% electronic reporting for all longline vessels using SPC's OnBoard app
- Coastal staff allocation reaches 51% across 17 PICTs reporting
2018
Roadmap implementation begins
58
FAME results reported
- Bigeye tuna reassessed in 2017 — all four WCPO stocks now in the green
- Tufman 2 rolling out: observer module launched, French translation added
- Coastal staff allocation rises to 43% across 11 PICTs
How these reports were assembled
Source data
Drawn from FAME-specific rows in SPC divisional results registers (2018–2025), the 2024 Results Framework and the live 2025 register.
Indicator alignment
Results are mapped to FAME Business Plan 2024–2028 Objectives 1–7, the Regional Roadmap, A New Song for Coastal Fisheries, and SDG 14 (Life Below Water).
Counting convention
Each result classifies as Output, Change in knowledge / attitude / practice, or Impact. 2021 records were submitted before the typing convention was standardised.