Tag: Fisheries monitoring
How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade
ANALYSIS: By Ming Wang
Public opinion will dictate how Japanese seafood is received after the wastewater is disposed of into the Pacific Ocean.
The global seafood...
‘Suspicious’ fishing vessels spotted in Solomon Islands waters
By Priestley Habru in Honiara
A Pacific-wide maritime surveillance operation this week discovered a few suspicious foreign vessels in Solomon waters.
The Pacific Islands Forum Agency...
Arrested ship crew deny ‘bunkering’, other marine charges in PNG court
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Three crew members of an unnamed foreign ship intercepted by a Papua New Guinea Navy vessel near Kavieng, New...
Indonesia cracks down on brutal conditions on foreign ‘slavery’ fishing boats
Former slaves head for home: Thousands of fishermen rescued from brutal conditions on foreign fishing boats make the journey back home, many after years...
Vanuatu agrees to pay Vt18 million fine to avoid fisheries blacklisting
Compiled by Jane Joshua in Port Vila
Vanuatu has reached an agreement to pay a substantial fine to the Cooks Islands, after Rarotonga reported a...
Australia funds fisheries surveillance, new long-range patrol vessel
The Forum Fisheries Agency welcomes Australian funding of aerial surveillance in FFA member states, reports Vanuatu Daily Digest.
FFA Director-General James Movick says the service will...
Landmark report into illegal fishing will boost control efforts in Pacific
A report into illegal fishing is set to make waves across the Pacific. Kendall Hutt of Asia-Pacific Journalism reports.
Officials from 17 nations across the...
