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Substantial warning of the equarorial Pacific sea surface and sub-surface waters clearly and unambiguously signaled the arrival of El Niño.

The region is under and El Niño advisory, and weather patterns were unambiguously in a climate state of El Niño during the quarter.

The weather and climate of the central and western tropical Pacific through April 2015 was extraodinary with noteworthy extremes rainfall, typhoons and oceanic response to strong atomshperic forcing.

The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is committed to increasing the capacity for early warning in the RMI

As a home to important flora and fauna, with rich cultural roots and heritage, island communities are often characterized by their deep social ties with the natural environment.

Poor results in fishing in coastal communities of Tonga raises great concerns among those communities and the Department of Fisheries because the livelihoods of people are greatly impacted. As population increases and fishing equipments improves, the resources in coastal areas become unsustainably fished, which leads to declined in food security, income and the richness of Tonga's marine resources.

There is a need to find balance between the economic, environmental and social dimensions of area based management (ABM). ABM has the potential to manage the potential conflict over space and use, but objectives must be clear and area based responses must be targeted to suit the relevant objective

Community driven resource management is a widely recognised tool in the Pacific Island countries being promoted to achieve livelihood and conservation objectives.

Area-based management tools for coastal resources for the mentioned countries in the title.

This is writing about the 2015 El nino become more severe across the Asia-Pacific region and our thoughts are with those communities who are having to deal with some very difficult situations. Als this is when we are reminded of our heightened resposibilities in providing climate information that assists governments, industries and communities with their policies and decision making.