Honiara Summit Iumi tugeda delivering on SDG 14.4: Achieving Sustainable Fisheries. 

(Honiara, Solomon Islands; 24-27 February 2025). The Executive Secretary, Craig Loveridge, was invited to this meeting and participated as a panellist providing a regional perspective on the role of Regional Fisheries Bodies in supporting implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.4. The SPRFMO Executive Secretary shared examples from SPRFMO of collaborative regional solutions to complex challenges.

The 2025 Honiara Summit focused on meaningful action and innovation towards achieving SDG14: Life Below Water with a dedicated focus on the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

The Summit was jointly hosted by the Government of Solomon Islands and the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), in close collaboration with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization of the (FAO) and the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, Ambassador Peter Thompson, and was convened in part to inform UNOC3. While the meeting was global by design, it had a particular focus on fishery stocks from the Pacific Ocean, a region that provides 58% of all global marine catches (2022 data).

All session recordings are now available to watch on-demand on the Honiara Summit website: https://honiarasummit.sig.gov.sb/