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The Regional Seas Programme was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1974 in response to the selection of the oceans as a priority area by the UNEP Governing Council. It is a global programme implemented through regional components under the guidance of the Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity Centre at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi. Each regional action plan is formulated by the Governments concerned to respond to the needs of the region for a comprehensive approach to controlling both the consequences and the causes of environmental degradation through the management of marine and coastal areas. Action-oriented programme activities are generally supported by regional legal agreements.

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A newsletter about issues of the environment happening around the Pacific

In July 1984 the South Pacific Commission (SPC) received a request from the Office for Tokelau Affairs for assistance on a project to document traditional tuna fishing knowledge. After several discussions between SPC and Tokelau Officials it was decided that a research scientist from the Commission's Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme would carry out the work in Tokelau. Accordingly, Robert Gillett traveled to Tokelau in May 1985 and spent thirty eight days days on Fakaofo, one on Nukunonu, and two on Atafu. The results of that work, Traditional Tuna Fishing in Tokelau. appeared as Topic Review 25 of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. The following is a translation into the Tokelauan language of that report.