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- ↑ "About FFA: Director General". Forum Fisheries Agency . Honiara. 2019-11-10. Archived from the original on 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
Dr Tupou-Roosen replaced Mr James Movick, who held the role since 2012.
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Fisheries ministers from around the region have unanimously appointed Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen as the next director general of the Forum Fisheries Agency. She will be the first woman to hold the position when she takes it up in November.