Members of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature meeting in Hawaii this week are considering a controversial motion on fisheries protection.
Motion 53 could potentially close 30 of exclusive economic zones in the Pacific to the wider region's powerful fishing industry, particularly those from Asia.
The Pacific tuna industry is opposed to motion 53, warning it would devastate island economies if implemented.
Cain Nunns reports from Honolulu.
[image_crop:16541:full] A 2016 report on fish stocks that found that Pacific Bluefin had crashed to only 2.6 percent of its size following early a century of unchecked overfishing