Written by MFOR Media on 02 October 2025.
'The Foreign Economic Cooperation Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, of the People’s Republic of China organized a Seminar on aquatic product storage and processing techniques for pacific island countries. In which official from the KSVD and CFD, a division of the Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources and a staff from Ministry’s State-Owned Enterprise, CPPL, had the privilege to attend this important Seminar. The Seminar was held from the 19th to 30th September 2025. Providing insights knowledge towards achieving a sustainable fisheries development by covering essential topics on processing technique, product diversification and cold supply chain of aquatic products using advanced technology, for ensuring the production of a high standard and quality aquatic products for the global market. The participants had also the opportunity to visit fisheries research institutions, aquatic processing facilities, exhibition center, aquarium center, aquaponics farm, aquaculture facilities and farms at Guangzhou City and Qingdao City in China. This seminar had provided a learning experience and networking opportunities for fisheries officers from the pacific island countries especially Kiribati. The Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources, convey it sincere appreciation to the Government of China through the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China for the funding support, and to the Foreign Economic Cooperation Center for organizing a successful and most important seminar for pacific island countries.
Written by MFOR Media on 01 October 2025.
The PROP Steering Committee (PSC) met today, 30th September 2025, to discuss the overall progress and current challenges and issues facing the project. The PSC is an important governance mechanism of the PROP established under it Financing Agreement and comprised of relevant Government stakeholders including the OAG, MLPID, MFED, MELAD, MISE, MHMS and KFSU that are key to the components of the project. This PSC meeting prepares the project, the Ministry and key stakeholders ahead of the upcoming World Bank monitoring mission scheduled in mid-October 2025. The Pacific Regional Oceanscape Program (PROP) in Kiribati, which began in June 2020 and is scheduled for completion in June 2026, is a World Bank–funded project aimed at strengthening fisheries management and seafood safety. The MFOR acknowledged the stakeholders for their contributions, their strategic guidance and participation in this year’s meeting.
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