Day: December 4, 2017

Hard decisions now

Fiji sets sights on distant water fishing nations By Netani Rika in Manila.   PACIFIC tuna is under threat from the world’s largest fishing nations including China, Japan and South Korea. And the inaction of the

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Blue boats unacceptable – New Caledonia

French navy intercepts Vietnamese  fishermen By Netani Rika in Manila.     THE French Navy has intercepted two Vietnamese blue boats fishing illegally in New Caledonian waters. This is the second

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Struggle on the high seas

Small nations suffer huge burden By Netani Rika in Manila.     KIRIBATI already faces the huge burden of rising sea levels which threatens its very existence. With little land resources on which to grow food,

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