Pacific Islanders call this region simply “the islands”. International organisations and scientists call it the Western Tropical Pacific Warm Pool Large Marine Ecosystem or the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.
It is a huge oceanic area dotted with islands which make up some of the world's smallest and least developed countries. With small land areas and growing populations, sustainable management of oceanic fisheries is critical for the people of the islands as well as for the international community seeking to conserve...