- 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)
Result type composition by year
Annual results split by MERL classification — from immediate Outputs through to long-term Impact. The shift over time reflects FAME's maturing measurement framework.
Cumulative results by SPC Strategic Plan KFA
Total FAME results 2018–2025 allocated to the seven Key Focus Areas of the SPC Strategic Plan 2022–2031. Natural Resources & Biodiversity (KFA2) is the largest contribution, followed by Resilience & Climate Action (KFA1) and Transforming Institutional Effectiveness (KFA7).
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
Total FAME results reported each year. The line shows the 8-year average (56) — 2023 is the peak.
Source: FAME divisional results registers 2018–2025.
Results by type
MERL classification across the reporting period. Filter to a specific year or view all years stacked.
Division growth & performance 2017–2025
Drawn from the FAME Results Reporting and Annual Report series (2017–2018 through 2025). Over this period FAME grew from 82 to 157 staff and reached near gender parity overall, with a step-change in women's representation in internationally recruited roles and annual expenditure rising to €28M.
Staff growth & gender balance
Total FAME staff (bars) with men and women split, 2017–2021. Source: FAME Results Reporting.
Women's representation over time
Share of women overall vs. in internationally recruited roles. The intl. line shows the 2020–2022 step-change.
Budget & execution rate
Annual expenditure (bars, €M) and budget execution rate (line, %), 2022–2025.
Staff by programme (2025)
Distribution across Oceanic Fisheries, Coastal Fisheries & Aquaculture, and the Director's office.
What the trend shows
- Staff grew steadily from 82 (2017) to 157 (2025) — a 91% increase — driven partly by the PEUMP programme.
- Overall gender balance reached near-parity by 2021 and has held around 50% through 2025.
- The sharpest gain was in internationally recruited roles: women's representation rose from 12% (2020) to ~50%.
- Annual expenditure rose from €17.6M (2022) to €28M (2024); budget execution reached 95% in 2025 (up from 92% in 2024).
- By 2025, the Oceanic Fisheries Programme was the largest at 97 staff, with 41% of staff from PICTs.
Sources: FAME Results Reporting / Annual Reports 2017–2018 through 2025.
Annual reporting archive 2018–2025
Full FAME results reporting series (2017–2025), drawn directly from the divisional results registers. Each year card surfaces the headline milestone, total results reported, and links to the FAME Results Reporting document plus the corresponding tuna and coastal report cards.
- 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
- 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
- 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%
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.