last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cToday\u2019s announcement by Nauru is a shining example of the action that needs to be taken urgently to protect our Pacific Islands,\u201d said Lagi Toribau, oceans campaigner, Greenpeace Australia Pacific.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe longline industry is chronically unregulated and poorly monitored, and the high seas are currently acting as loopholes for pirate fishing boats. Out here, overfishing is the norm. Many tuna stocks are already in trouble, and illegal fishing is only adding to that pressure,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Nauru is the third Pacific country to ban the practice of transhipping, and Greenpeace is now calling for a complete overhaul of longline fisheries, including a ban on transshipping catch, to bring them under better control and proper management. There are more than 3,500 longline vessels currently authorised to fish by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf fishing vessels had to go to land to transfer their catch, it would solve many of the problems out here in the Pacific. It would make it easier to properly account for and manage these catches, and also boost the economies of Pacific Island countries where the catches come from,\u201d Mr Toribau concluded.<\/p>\n
According to Greenpeace, local fishing vessels are mothballed in Fiji and workers have been laid off. Local fisheries in Samoa, Tonga and other Pacific Island nations are also said to be suffering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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