VP Palik opens the 19th PNA (Parties to the Nauru Agreement) ministerial meeting in Pohnpei.

What happened

The Parties to the Nauru Agreement are eight Pacific states, the FSM among them, that jointly manage tuna purse-seine fishing in their waters, including by capping the number of fishing days. Their tuna income grew from about $60 million in 2010 to about $500 million in 2019.