Charles Hufflett News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Pressure Mounting To Ban Fish Transshipment Throughout Pacific
Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 00:00
Better monitoring of chain of custody should suffice: Industry
By Michael Neilson
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Pacific Scoop, Sept. 26, 2015) – Pressure is mounting to outlaw Pacific region transhipments – a practice linked to overfishing – after Nauru’s decision to impose a ban in its waters.
This decision follows Greenpeace’s discovery of the Taiwanese longliner Shuen De Ching No. 888, which the environmental organisation claims had been fishing without permission near Nauru’s waters for two months.
Along with an illegal amount of shark fins, Greenpeace said the logbook also showed an implausibly low catch of five tonnes, suggesting the vessel had been transferring undocumented fish to another ship. ....

American Samoa , Cook Islands , Solomon Islands , Pacific Island , Solomon Islands General , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Marshall Islands , Charles Hufflett , Bubba Cook , Patrick Caleo , Asia Pacific , Karli Thomas , Michael Neilson , World Wildlife Fund , Pacific Media Centre , Central Pacific Fisheries Commission , Marine Stewardship Council , Zealand Ministry For Primary Industries , Pacific Scoop , Shuen De Ching , Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission , Nelson Based Solander , New Guinea , Post Graduate Diploma , Communication Studies ,