Dateline Pacific for 1 July 2019

Pacific eye care specialists are under strain with a heavy workload, large areas to cover and often minimal resources; French Polynesia marks 53rd anniversary of first French nuclear test; Vanuatu based journalist Ben Bohane has won a grant aimed at encouraging more Pacific news stories in the Australian media, and; Fisheries ministers from around the Pacific have endorsed a new strategy for a safer more robust regional tuna fishery.