PNA opens world tuna day art & talent quest 2018

BY ELLISON.T.VAHI

THE Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) is hosting its 7th World Tuna Day with a World Tuna Day Art & Talent Quest 2018.

Themed ‘Smart Tuna – Smart Ocean,’ PNA is looking for World Tuna Day 2018 to be vast and is looking for participants’ creative ideas and pictures to help spread the word globally.

The World Tuna Day is annually set for May 2.

Since 2012, PNA has run the World Tuna Day Art and Talent Quest to profile the unique relationship local people have with tuna and its diverse artistic and cultural heritage.

To honour the importance of Tuna the World Tuna Day is to highlight the importance of sustainably managed fish stocks in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

PNA member countries are responsible for the forefront of collective decision making about conservation and management of tuna and is informed by the decisions of its officials, ministers and national leaders who have drafted Implementing Agreements and Declarations setting out key policies and amended these as needed to update decisions.

While tuna is a great food choice and excellent protein source, it is important to understand that you can help sustain global marine ecology and tuna stocks with smart buying decisions.

World Tuna Day is a great opportunity to explore steps that can make a lasting impact in supporting sustainable, legal fishing industry practices.

World Tuna Day is sure to be a good start in helping students from 5 to 12 years of age learn about how to be smart with respect to both their tuna and their ocean.

The contest requested entries are of poetry or short stories, pictures of artwork, short films or filmed music, dance or drama performances on the theme of Pacific Tuna in the wild, tuna and local cultures and lifestyles, Pacific ways of fishing for Tuna, or islanders working together to conserve and manage tuna.

This Competition is open to all artists of all ages who are residents and/or citizens of the PNA-member countries: Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu plus Tokelau.

By entering this competition, participants grant PNAO/Pacifical non-exclusive perpetual licence to reproduce images of your entry on the PNA and Pacifical websites, as well as the marketing of the World Tuna Day to the general public.

All winning entries will be displayed on the PNAtuna website. Each entry will become part of the public historical/archival online contest catalogue.

World Tuna Day is a great opportunity to explore steps that can make a lasting impact in supporting sustainable, legal fishing industry practices.

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