The objectives and targets identified in the tables below are drawn from the national policy documents listed in the working inventory for each country. Where no target is recorded, this means no measurable commitment was found in those documents. Operational targets may exist in technical management documents — such as stock assessment reports or annual total allowable catch determinations — that fall outside the scope of this policy-level review. A more detailed assessment of technical documents would be conducted as part of a full assessment of the FiTI Standard.
| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | National Fisheries Objective | Country | Objective and approach | Targets published | Targets not published/not available | Additional information |
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| 1 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:02 | National economic returns | Papua New Guinea | The Fisheries Strategic Plan 2021–2030 targets growth in Vessel Day Scheme revenues and expansion of onshore tuna processing capacity. The plan intends for revenues to be retained by the National Fisheries Authority for reinvestment in sector development. The plan commits to eliminating the existing K143 million rebate scheme, which currently provides a discount for fishing licences to onshore processing companies. |
– Net VDS revenue of 576 million kina by 2030 (from a 2019 baseline of 229.5 million kina). – Total fisheries export value of 5.88–11.74 billion kina by 2030. – Ten to twenty onshore processing plants by 2030. |
Revenue retention model contested by the Public Money Management Regularisation Act 2017, which requires all revenues to be remitted to the Consolidated Revenue Fund. | |
| 2 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:02 | National economic returns | Marshall Islands | Revenue maximisation from the exclusive economic zone is Policy Objective 1 of the National Strategic Plan 2020–2030 and Strategic Goal 1 of the Marine Resources Authority Strategic Plan 2024–2027. The primary mechanism is maintaining and growing Vessel Day Scheme revenues alongside developing the domestic purse seine fleet and increasing the share of tuna processed onshore. |
– No quantified revenue target published. – No target for growth in onshore processing. |
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| 3 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:03 | National economic returns | Kiribati | Revenue maximisation is a core objective of the Kiribati 20-Year Vision 2016–2036 and the Kiribati Development Plan 2024–2027. The Ara Marawa Policy 2026–2031 commits to a fair and equitable benefit-sharing principle, treating ocean resources as sovereign assets held for the collective and intergenerational benefit of all citizens. The primary mechanism for maximising revenues is charging above the benchmark price for Vessel Day Scheme access, supplemented by area-based arrangements for premium revenue. |
– Annual fishing licence revenue floor of AU$200 million (Ministry of Fisheries Strategic Plan 2024–2028; monitored by the Ministry of Fisheries and reported in annual ministry reports). – Coastal fisheries revenue milestone of AU$1 million per year. |
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| 4 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:01 | Fish production | Papua New Guinea | The Fisheries Strategic Plan 2021–2030 describes sustainability as the non-negotiable foundation for all commercial fishing. All five 2025 management plans commit to the precautionary approach, ecosystem-based management, and total allowable catch controls. Annual stock assessments are required as a precondition for opening the sea cucumber and mud crab fisheries each season. The Prawn Plan manages to Maximum Economic Yield rather than Maximum Sustainable Yield. |
– Orangerie Bay Prawn fishery: annual total allowable catch of 35 tonnes (Fisheries Strategic Plan 2021–2030). – Torres Strait rock lobster: PNG apportionment of 93.5 tonnes for 2020, set annually under the Torres Strait Treaty co-management arrangement with Australia. – Annual review of total allowable catches for marine aquarium organisms, triggered by stock status information. No specific numeric values are published (Marine Aquarium Fishery Management Plan 2022). |
– No harvest target, population target or process target found for sea cucumber, mud crab, reef fish or the general inshore coastal sector. | |
| 5 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:01 | Fish production | Marshall Islands | Conservation and sustainable management of marine resources is Objective 2 of the National Strategic Plan 2020–2030, restated as Goal 2 of the Marine Resources Authority Strategic Plan 2024–2027. Management of harvest levels across 24 atolls is devolved to communities through the Reimaanlok process. The Sharks Action Plan 2024–2029 provides the most structured active management framework, primarily focused on eliminating bycatch. |
– Fish Harvest Regulations 2020: commercial prohibition on four high-value reef species — the only output control for any coastal species in the document inventory. | – No harvest target, landing quota or total allowable catch found for any other coastal species. – No scheduled coastal stock assessment cycle found. Process commitments are aspirational with no fixed dates, budgets or named species. |
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| 6 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:04 | Fish production | Kiribati | Sustainable management of fish populations is established as a statutory objective in the Fisheries Act 2010. The Coastal Fisheries Roadmap 2019–2036 commits to the ecosystem approach and the precautionary principle as the guiding framework for all coastal species management. The sea cucumber fishery is managed under a quota system introduced by the Sea Cucumber Regulations 2024, with stock assessments completed for three island groups in early 2026 - the first published coastal species stock assessments in Kiribati. |
– Sea cucumber quota system established under the Sea Cucumber Regulations 2024 — 49.4 tonnes exported in the first year (2024). | – No harvest or population target found for any other coastal fishery. The ministerial power to declare total allowable catches exists in law but has never been exercised for any coastal species. – Process targets are aspirational - no named species, methodology or schedule specified. |
Sea Cucumber Regulations 2024 are not publicly available - quota figures and management reference points cannot be independently verified from accessible documents. |
| 7 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:04 | Ecosystems and biodiversity | Papua New Guinea | Vision 2050 commits to establishing marine protected areas at scale. The National Biodiversity Strategy 2019–2024 requires conservation principles to be applied to fisheries management. The NPOA-Sharks 2021–2024 formalised a ban on targeted shark fishing by commercial vessels, prohibited shark finning, and required bycatch mitigation across tuna and prawn fisheries. The Marine Aquarium Plan 2022 applies ecosystem approach principles to the live reef trade, with annual total allowable catch reviews per species and strict protocols for CITES-listed organisms. |
– 30% of PNG's waters protected and conserved by 2030. | The NPOA-Sharks expired in 2024 without a successor. | |
| 8 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:05 | Ecosystems and biodiversity | Marshall Islands | The National Strategic Plan 2020–2030 and Marine Resources Authority Strategic Plan 2024–2027 both commit to conservation alongside revenue maximisation. The Fish Harvest Regulations 2020 ban commercial fishing and export of four high-value threatened reef species — the most concrete domestic ecosystem protection measure in the fisheries framework. The Sharks Action Plan 2024-2029 maintains a total ban on commercial shark fishing and seeks to reduce shark bycatch in tuna fisheries. The Protected Areas Network framework supports four atolls with formal sanctuary status. |
– Micronesia Challenge 2030: effectively conserve 50% of marine resources by 2030. – Sharks Action Plan 2024-2029: reduce shark bycatch in tuna fisheries to near zero through 22 time-bound actions over five years. |
– No target found for reef ecosystem health or coral reef restoration. | |
| 9 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:06 | Ecosystems and biodiversity | Kiribati | The Fisheries Act 2010 establishes protection of the marine environment as a statutory objective. The Shark Sanctuary Regulations 2015 designate the entire exclusive economic zone as a shark sanctuary - one of the world's largest. The Ara Marawa Policy 2026–2031 commits to expanding marine protected areas and ecosystem-based adaptation. The Coastal Fisheries Roadmap 2019–2036 commits to ecosystem-based fisheries management as the guiding principle for all coastal species. Community-based management plans under the Coastal Marine Resources Regulations 2019 provide the operational framework at the community level. |
– No quantified MPA coverage target found despite endorsement of the Kunming-Montreal framework. – No ecosystem health indicator or coral reef monitoring target found in any active instrument. |
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| 10 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:07 | Fish consumption | Papua New Guinea | Vision 2050 links fish availability to non-communicable disease reduction. The Fisheries Strategic Plan 2021–2030 designates food security and domestic fish supply as a Key Result Area, targeting improvements in subsistence fisheries production and better access to fish as a source of nutrition. The Coastal Fisheries Roadmap 2017–2026 frames its overarching goal as sustainably developing coastal resources to provide sustenance and income to communities. Subsistence fishing - practised across approximately 97% of PNG's coastal areas under customary tenure - is the primary delivery mechanism, though it sits entirely outside the licensing, data collection and management systems that govern commercial fisheries. |
– No target found for per capita fish consumption, domestic fish supply or nutrition indicators. | ||
| 11 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:08 | Fish consumption | Marshall Islands | The Food Security Policy 2013 identifies fish as a critical dietary component particularly in outer islands and commits to sustainable management of coastal fisheries for food security. The draft National Food Systems Pathway 2030 calls for an integrated Ocean-to-Plate strategy and improved near-shore species availability - though this document has not been formally adopted. Coastal fisheries policy is framed primarily in protective rather than productive terms, reflecting pressure on urban reef systems around Majuro and Ebeye. No instrument addresses how fish availability for outer island communities will be maintained as reef systems come under increasing pressure. |
– No target found for per capita consumption, domestic fish supply or dietary indicators. The draft National Food Systems Pathway contains no quantified targets. | ||
| 12 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:08 | Fish consumption | Kiribati | The Kiribati Development Plan 2024–2027 identifies food security as a national development priority. The Kiribati Agriculture Strategy 2020–2030 projects a 50% increase in food demand by 2030, identifying fisheries as a critical supply mechanism. The Coastal Fisheries Roadmap 2019–2036 includes food security and safety as one of its six focal action areas. The Ministry of Fisheries supports community fish distribution through enterprise programmes and fish aggregating device deployment to outer islands. A Seafood Toxicology Laboratory was established in 2025 to support food safety testing for export markets. |
– Food safety systems fully operational and seafood producers compliant by 2034 (Coastal Fisheries Roadmap). | – No target found for per capita fish consumption or domestic supply adequacy. | |
| 13 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:09 | Fisheries livelihoods | Papua New Guinea | The Fisheries Strategic Plan 2021–2030 frames citizen participation and local content as a constitutional directive, including prioritising citizens in fisheries licensing and prioritising their employment in the post-harvest sector. Several management plans operationalise this: the Barramundi Plan prohibits licences to non-citizen companies, the Lobster Plan limits vessel ownership to citizens, and the Marine Aquarium Plan reserves Domestic Retailer licences exclusively for PNG nationals. The Coastal Fisheries Roadmap 2017–2026 also targets improved livelihoods for coastal and island communities, including providing government support for finding alternative income-generating activities. The NPOA-Sharks 2021–2024 recognised artisanal shark fishing as a traditional food and income source for low-income communities, requiring sustainable management rather than prohibition. |
– National employment in tuna processing and fishing: 31,802 (base) to 63,604 (optimistic) nationals by 2030, from a 2019 baseline of 10,196. – Workforce localisation rate: 88.3% by 2030, from a 2019 baseline of 84.9%. – 30% of coastal and island communities with improved alternative livelihoods by 2026 (although measurable indicators are not specified). |
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| 14 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:09 | Fisheries livelihoods | Marshall Islands | The National Strategic Plan 2020–2030 commits to maximising income and livelihood opportunities through sustainable coastal fisheries. The Marine Resources Authority Strategic Plan 2024–2027 supports domestic fleet development as an explicit priority alongside revenue maximisation. The Protected Areas Network supports livelihood projects at the atoll level, including a giant clam farming initiative at Wotje. |
– FISH4ACP: 30% containerisation of tuna processing by end of programme period; US$33 million in value added; over 1,000 jobs (development partner target endorsed by government). | – No government-owned employment or income target found for fishing communities. | |
| 15 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:09 | Fisheries livelihoods | Kiribati | The Coastal Fisheries Roadmap 2019–2036 identifies sustainable livelihoods as one of its six focal action areas. The Ara Marawa Policy 2026–2031 introduces an explicit fair and equitable benefit-sharing principle. The Ministry of Fisheries Strategic Plan 2024–2028 targets inclusive employment creation from ocean investments and the development of sustainable marine value chains. Kiribati is the only country to have articulated a labour standards objective within its fisheries framework — the Ara Marawa Policy commits to ratification of the Cape Town Agreement on fisher safety and decent working conditions on board vessels. |
– No household income target found for fishing communities. | ||
| 16 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:10 | Climate change | Papua New Guinea | The Fisheries Strategic Plan 2021–2030 identifies shifting tuna distributions, ocean acidification and habitat degradation as significant long-term risks. Vision 2050 committed to developing adaptation measures in all impacted provinces by 2015 — a commitment that passed without recorded assessment. Climate adaptation for the fisheries sector sits in the National Adaptation Plan 2022–2030, owned by the Climate Change Development Authority, which assigns the National Fisheries Authority a coordinating role for ecosystem-based management and coastal rehabilitation. Only the Tuna Plan 2025 among all Tier 4 management plans references climate change as a management consideration. |
– No fisheries-specific climate adaptation target found in any National Fisheries Authority-owned document. | ||
| 17 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:10 | Climate change | Marshall Islands | The Tuna Management Plan 2021–2025 — now expired — projected a 15% decrease in tuna biomass in the RMI exclusive economic zone by 2050 under current climate scenarios, identifying this as a material threat to the national revenue base. Climate adaptation objectives for marine ecosystems sit in the National Adaptation Plan 2023 and National Biodiversity Strategy 2026–2030, both owned by different ministries from the Marine Resources Authority. The Marine Resources Authority Strategic Plan 2024–2027 does not mention climate adaptation as a strategic priority. |
– No fisheries-specific climate adaptation target or delivery date found in any Marine Resources Authority-owned document. | ||
| 18 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:11 | Climate change | Kiribati | The Ministry of Fisheries Strategic Plan 2024–2028 contains the most explicit climate risk statement of the three countries, citing SPC projections of over 50% decline in coastal fisheries biodiversity and catch potential by 2100 under high emissions scenarios. Revenue sensitivity to climate variability is already documented — the area-based scheme fell from AU$4.7 million to AU$2.2 million year-on-year due to La Niña conditions in 2024. The Ara Marawa Policy 2026–2031 is the first fisheries-related instrument in any of the three countries to treat climate adaptation as a strategic priority, committing to adjustments in management settings in response to shifting tuna distributions, expanding marine protected areas and developing blue carbon initiatives. The KJIP 2019–2028 and Revised NDC 2022 both assign the Ministry of Fisheries the lead adaptation role for the fisheries sector. |
– No quantified climate adaptation target found in any Ministry of Fisheries-owned document. Ara Marawa Policy climate commitments contain no baselines, targets or delivery dates. | ||
| 19 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:12 | Fisheries management | Papua New Guinea | The Fisheries Strategic Plan 2021–2030 designates evidence-based policy and planning with transparency through timely annual reporting as a Key Result Area, alongside maintaining EU Competent Authority status. The NFA Goals and Strategies identifies completing the review of the Fisheries Management Act 1998 and enacting a new Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill as foundational governance priorities. Eradicating IUU fishing is identified in the FSP as a core value and operational priority. All five 2025 management plans establish National and Provincial Management Advisory Committees across all major commercial fisheries. The Coastal Fisheries Roadmap's first objective is establishing effective policies and institutional frameworks that delegate management responsibilities to provincial administrations and communities. |
– EU Competent Authority status maintained - ongoing commitment (Fisheries Strategic Plan KRA 9). | – No timeframe found for enacting the new Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill. – No measurable IUU reduction target found. The NPOA-IUU exists and has been reviewed four times but is not publicly available - specific action targets cannot be verified. – No measurable community participation target found despite co-management committees being established across all five management plans. |
The IUU Action Plan is confirmed to exist but has not been located in the public domain — specific IUU action targets cannot be independently verified. |
| 20 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:13 | Fisheries management | Marshall Islands | The Marine Resources Authority Strategic Plan 2024–2027 commits in Strategic Goal 3 to being professional, transparent and accountable in managing fisheries resources. The Agenda 2030 includes commitments to IUU enforcement and observer programme coverage. The NPOA-IUU 2020–2025 provided the primary action-level framework for IUU prevention with MIMRA as lead agency. The Reimaanlok process - 24 community marine resource management plans across 24 atolls, with Local Government Councils holding co-management authority over the 0–5nm coastal zone - is the primary community participation mechanism. Observer coverage is maintained at 100% on purse seine vessels and 25% on longline, with port state measures inspections conducted across the licensed fleet. |
– 100% observer coverage on purse seine; 25% on longline — maintained (Parties to the Nauru Agreement/Marine Resources Authority). | – No measurable IUU reduction target found. The NPOA-IUU expired in 2025 without a successor, removing the only specific action-level IUU monitoring framework. – No measurable community participation target found for the Reimaanlok process. – National Strategic Plan monitoring and evaluation framework - the natural home for sector governance targets - has never been published. |
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| 21 | SvenB | 28/08/2026 16:03 | SvenB | 03/09/2026 10:14 | Fisheries management | Kiribati | The Ara Marawa Policy 2026–2031 introduces the most significant governance development across the three countries - establishing the Ara Ministerial Committee and the Ara Marawa Coordinating Committee as a two-tier cross-government ocean governance architecture, with the Ministry of Fisheries as Secretariat. The Ministry of Fisheries Strategic Plan 2024–2028 addresses governance through KRA 1 on strengthened policy, legislation and institutional frameworks, identifying MCS as a critical operational priority. The CBFM framework under the Coastal Marine Resources Regulations 2019 provides the legal basis for community participation in coastal fisheries management. The Coastal Fisheries Roadmap commits to inclusive management involving women, youth and vulnerable groups. The Fisheries Act review is identified as a 2026 priority. |
– Observer programme: 183 active observers, exceeding the 180-observer target (Ministry of Fisheries Strategic Plan 2024–2028). – Ara Marawa Coordinating Committee established - first meeting held June 2026. |
– No measurable IUU reduction target found in any active instrument. – No measurable community participation target found - no target for number of communities with active CBFM plans or for participation quality. – Fisheries Act review identified as a 2026 priority with no delivery date or named responsible body. |
Fisheries Amendment Act 2021, Coastal Marine Resources Regulations 2019 and Sea Cucumber Regulations 2024 are not publicly accessible — the legal basis for several areas of fisheries management cannot be independently verified. |