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1 Secretariat of the Pacific Community Informal consultation with Heads of Fisheries (4 June 2012, Noumea, New Caledonia) Provisional list of Participants FAME Secretariat of the Pacific Community Noumea, New Caledonia Informal consultation with Heads of Fisheries 4 June 2012 Secretariat of the Pacific Community Secrétariat général de la Communauté du Pacifique BP D Noumea Cedex New Caledonia BP D Nouméa Cedex Nouvelle-Calédonie Tel: Fax: Tél : Fax :

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3 Page 1 Participants American Samoa Ray Tulafono Director Cook Islands Koroa Raumea Director, Inshore Fisheries and Aquaculture Ben Ponia Secretary Mac Mokoroa Chief of Staff Federated States of Micronesia Valentin A. Martin Deputy Assistant Secretary Fiji Shalendra Singh Statistics & Information Officer Kirti Chaya Coordinator France Josyane Couratier Représentante permanente adjointe de la France auprès de la CPS Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources PO Box 3730 Pago Pago Ministry of Marine Resources Cook Islands P.O. Box 85 Rarotonga Ministry of Marine Resources Cook Islands PO Box 85 Rarotonga Office of the Prime Minister Rarotonga Marine Resources Unit Federated States of Micronesia National Government* Department of Resources & Development FSM Government Palikir, Pohnpei FM Ministry of Primary Industries & Sugar PO Box 2218 Government Buildings Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation Délégation de la France auprès de la CPS BP 8043 NOUMEA CEDEX Nouvelle-Calédonie raytulafono@americansamoa.gov k.raumea@mmr.gov.ck b.ponia@mmr.gov.ck mac@pmoffice.gov.ck fsmmrd@mail.fm gonegalili@yahoo.com kirti.chaya@environment.gov.fj josyane.couratier@diplomatie.gouv.fr

4 Page 2 French Polynesia Mainui Tanetoa Chargé des Pêches Arsène Stein Responsable programmes ressources lagonaires Kiribati Karibanang Tamuera Aram Principal Fisheries Officer Kautoa Tonganibeia Director, Policy and Development Nauru Monte Depaune Support Services Manager Tim Adams Institutional Strengthening Project Manager New Caledonia Christophe Fontfreyde Adjoint au chef de service Régis Etaix-Bonnin Statisticien des pêches Nathaniel Cornuet Ingénieur halieute Responsable de la filière pêche Direction des Ressources Marines (DRM) Papeete Tahiti Service de la pêche (SPE) BP 20 Papeete Tahiti Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development PO Box 64, Bairiki Tarawa Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development PO Box 64, Bairiki Tarawa Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority PO Box 449 Aiwo District Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority PO Box 449 Aiwo District Service de la Marine Marchande et des Pêches Maritimes BP 36 Nouméa Cedex Service de la Marine Marchande et des Pêches Maritimes BP 36 Nouméa Cedex Province Nord Direction du Développement BP Koné mainui.tanetoa@drm.gov.pf arsene.stein@drm.gov.pf karibananga@fisheries.gov.ki kautoat@mfmrd.gov.ki monte.depaune@naurugov.nr tim.adams@naurugov.nr christophe.fonfreyde@gouv.nc regis.etaix-bonnin@gouv.nc n.cornuet@province-nord.nc

5 Page 3 Palau David Orrukem Director Papua New Guinea Weti Zozingao Manager, Morobe Fisheries Management Authority Samoa Joyce Samuelu Ah-Leong Principal Fisheries Officer Inshore Section and Aquaculture Sections Taua Latu Afioga Principal Marine Conservation Officer Solomon Islands James Teri Deputy Director Inshore Division Joe Josef Hurutarau Chief Conservation Officer Timor-Leste Augusto Fernandes National Director Rui Pires Head, Dep. Climate hange and Environment Education Bureau of Marine Resources PO Box 359 Koror Division of Fisheries & Marine Resources Centre: Lae PO Box 1259 Lae 411 Morobe Province Papua New Guinea Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Fisheries Division PO. Box 1874 Apia Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Private Mail Bag Apia Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources PO Box G13 Honiara Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology Environment and Conservation Division PO Box 21 Honiara National Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture Street Nicolau Lobato Airport DNA/SEP/MAP COMORO DILI National Directorate Environment (NDE) DILI tekoilchei@palaunet.com buckley.kaupa@live.com joyce.ahleong@maf.gov.ws latu.afioga@mnre.gov.ws jteri@fisheries.gov.sb jhurutarau@gmail.com davaldc@yahoo.co.id davaldc@yahoo.co.id

6 Page 4 Tonga Sione Vailala Matoto Director for Ministry of Agriculture & Food, Forests and Fisheries Vilimo Fakalolo Deputy Secretary for Fisheries, Corporate Services Acting Head of Fisheries Division Luisa Malolo Manager JNAP Secretariat Tuvalu Samasoni Finikaso Director of Fisheries Department of Fisheries Moeo Finauga Director of Environment Pepetua Latasi Climate Change Officer Vanuatu Moses Amos Director Sompert Gereva Acting Manager Wallis and Futuna Bruno Mugneret Ingénieur halieute Fisheries Division of Ministry of Agriculture & Food, Forests and Fisheries PO Box 871 Nuku'alofa Fisheries Division of Ministry of Agriculture & Food, Forests and Fisheries PO Box 871 Nuku'alofa Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Ministry of Communication, Transport and Fisheries Private Mail Bag Vaiaku Funafuti Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment Government of Tuvalu Vaiaku Funafuti Department of Environment Funafuti Fisheries Department Private Mail Bag 9045 Port Vila Department of Fisheries Fisheries Research & Aquaculture Division Private Mail Bag 9045 Port Vila Service des Affaires Rurales et de la Pêche BP 19 Mata Utu vailala@kalianet.to vilimof@tongafish.gov.to ltuiafitumalolo@gmail.com sfinikaso@yahoo.com mfinauga@gmail.com pepetua@gmail.com mjatinapua@gmail.com sfb-ra@vanuatu.gov.vu speche@mail.wf

7 Page 5 Partners and observers Arama & Associates Poroaiti Arokapiti Development Economist PO Box 2186 Rarotonga Cook Islands Artisanal Fishermen's Association of the Solomon Islands Hardyson Lekolo Maenu'u President PO Box G13 Honiara Solomon Islands Asian Development Bank - Pacific Department Maria Lourdes Drilon Senior Natural Resources Economist 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550 Metro Manila Philippines n Agency for International Development (AusAID) Justin Ho Operation Policy and Support Branch GPO Box 887 Canberra, ACT 2601 arama@oyster.net.ck khardysons@gmail.com mldrilon@adb.org Justin.Ho@ausaid.gov.au Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) Patrick McConney Senior Lecturer UWI Cave Hill Campus St. Michael Barbados patrick.mcconney@cavehill.uwi.edu Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Karen Evans GPO Box 1538 Hobart, Tasmania 7001 Jaclyn Brown GPO Box 1538 Hobart, Tasmania 7001 Conservation International Pacific Islands Program Jean Christophe Lefeuvre Directeur de Programme BP Noumea New Caledonia Karen.Evans@csiro.au Jaclyn.Brown@csiro.au jc.lefeuvre@conservation.org Délégation de la Commission Européenne pour le Pacifique, Bureau des Pays et Territoires d'outremer Mechthild Kronen Gestionnaire programmes de coopération Fisheries and Marine Environments Nicolas Guillemot Consultant BP 1100 Nouméa Cedex New Caledonia 8, rue Charbonneaux Noumea Nouvelle-Calédonie Mechthild.KRONEN@eeas.europa.eu nicolas.guillemot@gmail.com

8 Page 6 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Florence Poulain Cassandra De Young Nicole Franz Carlos Fuentevilla Masanami Izumi Fishery Officer GIZ Christopher Bartlett GIZ Program Director & Senior Advisor Golden Ocean Fish Limited Li Chang Hong Chief Executive Officer Rome Italy Rome Italy Rome Italy Rome Italy Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific Islands Private Mail Bag Apia Samoa SPC/GIZ CCCPIR PO Box Vanuatu 33 Freeston Road, Walu Bay 13596, Rewa Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) Alexandre Ganachaud Chargé de recherche BP A Nouméa Cedex Nouvelle-Calédonie International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Prasert Charoensuk Ravadee Member IUCN Oceania Regional Office Ian Steffen Bangkok Thailand Private Mail Bag Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Kazuo Udagawa Coastal Community-Based Resource Management Advisor KANGO Association Jimmy Langley President c/o School of Marine Sudies USP Tarawa Kiribati Florence.Poulain@fao.org Cassandra.DeYoung@fao.org Nicole.Franz@fao.org Carlos.Fuentevilla@fao.org Masanami.Izumi@fao.org Christopher.bartlett@giz.de goldhold@connect.com.fj alexandre.ganachaud@ird.fr icsf@icsf.net Jan.STEFFEN@iucn.org kazuo.udagawa2010@gmail.com langleyjimmy23@gmail.com

9 Page 7 LMMA Network Hugh Govan Adviser POS-37 Madang Fisheries cooperative Society Catherine Kila Chairperson Pacific Feeds Limited Ajay Kumar Product Development Executive P.O.Box 611 Madang Papua New Guinea Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association Tupou Naitilima Executive Officer Tonga Pacific Fishing Company Limited (PAFCO) Bhan Pratap Singh CEO The Nature Conservancy Andrew Smith Director, Coastal Fisheries Management Program (Asia Pacific) Tripacific Marine Limited Marcus Raymond King Product Development Manager Head Office Laucala Beach PO Box 5681 West End Qld Tuvalu Fishermen s Association Sikela Ulumutu Support Officer UNDP Pacific Centre Kevin Petrini Regional Climate Change Policy Advisor c/o Fisheries Department Ministry of Natural Resources and Lands PMB Funafuti Tuvalu 414 Victoria hgovan@gmail.com Kila.catherine@gmail.com uttam@tripacific.com.fj secretariat@pacifictunaindustry.com Bsingh@pafcofiji.com andrew_smith@tnc.org uttam@tripacific.com.fj sikelau@gmail.com kevin.petrini@undp.org

10 Page 8 University of the South Pacific (USP) Helene Jacot des Combes Vanuatu Sport Fishing Association Eric Festa Wahoo Enterprises Ltd Graham Marsh Managing Director WorldFish Center Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD) C/o Ymer Fishing Charters Port Vila Vanuatu PO Box 112 Alofi Niue Sarah Park Jalan Batu Maung, Bayan Lepas, Malaysia Penang Malaysia helene.descombe@usp.ac.fj elninofishing@hotmail.com wahoo.niue@gmail.com S.Park@cgiar.org

11 Page 9 Resources n Institute of Marine Science Janice M Lough Senior Principal Research Scientist C2O Consulting Johanna Johnson Partner & Senior Scientist David Welsh PMB 3 Townsville MC Queensland Lake Russell Drive Emerald Beach NSW Lake Russell Drive Emerald Beach NSW 2456 Collecte et Localisation par Satellite (CLS/Service Argos) Patrick Lehodey Biology and ecology of tropical tuna in the Pacific Ocean growth studies spatial modelling climate and environmental impacts on tuna populations pelagic ecosystem Econnect communication Toss Gascoigne Journalist James Cook University Morgan Pratchett SMEC Pty Ltd Peter Gehrke n Manager Natural Resources Parc technologique du Canal 8-10 rue Hermès RAMONVILLE SAINT-AGNE France Canberra School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Townsville QLD 4811 Level 1, 154 Melbourne St South Brisbane QLD 4101 UNSW Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) Alex Sen Gupta Senior Lecturer University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 j.lough@aims.gov.au j.johnson@c2o.net.au plehodey@cls.fr director@tossgascoigne.com.au morgan.pratchett@jcu.edu.au Peter.Gehrke@smec.com a.sengupta@unsw.edu.au

12 Page 10 SPC Staff Mike Batty Director, Division of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems Michel Blanc Nearshore Fisheries Development Adviser Johann Bell Senior Fisheries Scientist (Climate Change) Roy Benyon Manager of Translation and Interpretation Section Ian Bertram Coastal Fisheries Science and Management Adviser Gillian Cambers Programme Manager - GCCA:PSIS Lindsay Chapman Manager, Coastal Fisheries Programme Talagoa Cooper Communications & Coordination SPSLCM Project Advisor Rachel Cuzin Interpretation Section Brian Dawson Senior Adviser (climate change) Patrick Delhaye Interpreter / Translator Aymeric Desurmont Fisheries information Officer John Hampton Oceanic Fisheries Programme Manager Shelton Harley Principal Fisheries Scientist (Stock Assessment and Modelling) Robert.Jimmy Aquaculture Adviser SPC SOPAC - Applied Geoscience and Technology Division SPC SPC B Mikeb@spc.int michelbl@spc.int Johannb@spc.int royb@spc.int IanB@spc.int gillianc@spc.int Lindsayc@spc.int tagaloa@sopac.org briand@spc.int patrickd@spc.int aymericd@spc.int johnh@spc.int sheltonh@spc.int robertj@spc.int

13 Page 11 Timothy Lawson Principal Fisheries Scientist (Fishery Monitoring) Richard Mann Deputy Director General Simon Nicol Principal Fisheries Scientist (Tuna Ecology and Biology) Tim Pickering Aquaculture Officer Aliti Vuniseya Human Development Advisor Peter Williams Principal Fisheries Scientist (Data Management) SPC SPC Pohnpei

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