AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoTsunami Monitoring: After a powerful earthquake hit Mindanao in the southern Philippines, Pacific emergency agencies including New Zealand’s NEMA and GNS Science put coastal monitoring on alert. The US Tsunami Warning Centre forecast waves under 0.3 metres above tide levels, with an advisory covering American Samoa, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Guam, Hawai‘i, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, FSM, and the Northern Mariana Islands. EU Seafood Compliance: Fisheries officials from Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu trained in Suva on EU Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1449, aimed at fixing freezer-vessel cooling shortfalls; the rule could affect about 97% of EU-listed Pacific Island-flagged vessels exporting to the EU. Ocean Policy & Tech Needs: Marshall Islands President Dr. Hilda Heine told a Tokyo ocean summit that island states need more access to financing, technology, scientific data, and capacity-building to manage oceans amid climate and biodiversity pressures. Maritime Decarbonisation Push: Transport ministers in Majuro are set to launch the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership, with plans to pursue up to $300 million from the Green Climate Fund for a low-carbon demonstration fleet. Marshall Islands Research Spotlight: Scientists on the National Geographic Pristine Seas expedition report strong marine recovery signs at Ujelang Atoll in the western Marshall Islands after decades without permanent settlement.
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