When the body that manages fisheries across the vast international waters of the South Pacific Ocean met earlier this month, it made key decisions on bottom trawling, labor rights, observation of squid-fishing vessels, and transshipment at sea, a practice that can obscure the origin of illegally caught seafood. The annual conference of the South Pacific […]
The Health Director General has confirmed that a yacht that was detained at Matautu provided proper documentation for health clearance upon its arrival in Samoa. Aiono Dr. Alec Ekeroma, in response to questions from the Samoa Observer, explained the process that visiting vessels and their crew ar.
The widow of a sailor killed off the coast of Fiji on a New Zealand-flagged yacht says she can’t wait for his body to return home.
Robyn Nothling’s husban