The Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) is a regional fisheries advisory body established in 1979 by the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention to help members to manage, conserve and use highly migratory tuna resources in their EEZs and beyond, through enhancement of national capacity and strengthening of regional solidarity. FFA provides advice for between one and ten fisheries. FFA has also established a system for data collection and data sharing. A regional VMS was established too in 1999. In 2010, FFA adopted a five-year regional strategy for strengthening MCS, which was recently updated for the period 2018–2023.