Fish wardens are hoping to be equipped with more patrol boats to boost monitoring and surveillance in Fiji’s Vatu-i-Ra Marine Conservation Park
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Operation Island Chief protects Pacific from illegal fishing
Operation Island Chief completes a 12-day Operation in the Pacific waters to collate, analyse and filter data to improve national and regional surveillance efforts in the High seas
Small-scale fishers call for global leaders to act now on oceans, curb Illegal practices, overfishing
As a collective, the Pacific region will continue to protect ocean resources from the devastating impacts of climate change and disasters, says SG Puna
U.S to announce plans to battle illegal fishing in the Pacific
U.S to announce plans to better battle illegal fishing in the Pacific. U.S Indo-Pacific coordinator says “one of the biggest challenges in the Pacific is illegal fishing.”
Pacific trials new high tech tools in response to illegal fishing
Pacific trials new high tech tools to combat IUU fishing and complement its existing suite of monitoring, control and surveillance tools
Illegal fishing in Pacific much lower than 2016 level, says report
A new study suggests the problem of IUU fishing in the Pacific, while still serious, is not nearly as big as the 2016 report that estimated losses of over US$600 million a year
Isabel landowners fight for ownership over Tubi logs
Ngea’s admittance of guilt, Isabel Province tribal leader believes, should prompt the Solomon Islands Government to seize the illegally felled logs and return them to landowners. But things were not to be.
COP commitments on deforestation a flicker of hope in PNG
The global climate talks on protecting rainforests is a step in the right direction against illegal logging, according to the governor of PNG’s Oro Province
FFA boosts Solomons maritime efforts to tackle IUU Fishing
A new camera body technology assistance to help the Solomon Islands Maritime Police to combat IUU Fishing
Illegal fishing becoming top Maritime security risk – Part 1
Experts highlight the scope of the IUU fishing activities threat in the Indo-Pacific region