Fisheries Science in Samoa: Samoa is hosting the WCPFC Scientific Committee meeting in Apia, with delegates from 26 countries reviewing tuna stock status and management, including observer programmes and a harvest strategy framework—Prime Minister La’auli says decisions will be felt in coastal villages. Ocean Protection Survey: National Geographic Pristine Seas is launching a Samoa expedition to survey biodiversity across new marine protected areas, using deep-sea cameras, submersibles, and environmental DNA to build a baseline for protecting 30% of Samoa’s ocean. Climate Push for COP31: Forum Foreign Ministers backed a stronger regional climate agenda ahead of COP31, calling for more climate finance, renewable energy investment, and Pacific leadership through Pre-COP meetings. Health Targets: Samoa’s second Pathway for Development sets a goal to cut non-communicable diseases by 5%, tracking diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and obesity via health systems data. Precision Medicine Symposium: An Indigenous Precision Medicine Symposium in Apia highlights personalised medicine’s promise—while warning that Māori and Pacific communities must be included from the start to avoid widening health gaps. Drug-Free Samoa: Samoa’s National Working Group has moved from planning to an inaugural national action push to prevent drug-related harm among children and adolescents, with UNICEF support. Digital Voting Concern: Consultations on online voting for the Samoan diaspora raise worries about enforcing electoral laws in foreign jurisdictions.