Papua, Dec. 8 -- By Lealaiauloto Aigaletaule'ale'a F. Tauafiafi Port Moresby, PNG

At the midway point of the Tuna Commission meeting in Papua New Guinea, Pacific members are generally pleased with progress made on their priority issues. But there is still a long way to go when the Commission negotiations reconvene today.

The reality is that the WCPFC is always a complex negotiation with several different proposals being negotiated at the same time according to Matthew Hooper, Deputy Director General, FFA.

"Often there are trade-offs to be made, with countries willing to compromise on certain things if they get what they want in other parts of the negotiation. For this reason, it can be hard to predict how things are going to end up at ...