Delegates at the 102nd session of the Forum Fisheries Committee, or FFC, paused to honour and remember two Ministerial leaders who have passed away in the last six months.
Tuvalu's Elisala Pita, a long-time politician and Minister for Natural Resources and the Environment, had just completed his term as Chair of the FFC and handed over to Minister Matai Seremaiah Nawalu, in Vanuatu last July.
He passed away in Tuvalu weeks later.
