Effective fisheries monitoring and surveillance coupled with improved data reporting are among reasons cited by a recently released fisheries study that says the problem of illegal fishing in the Pacific is far less than a 2016 report that estimated losses of over $600 million a year.
The new study, by the Australia-based fisheries consulting firm MRAG Asia Pacific, released in late 2021, suggests the problem of illegal, unreported and unregulated or IUU fishing in the Pacific, while still serious, is not nearly as big as suggested by an earlier report.
The new report was called “groundbreaking” and “unique” to the Pacific region by Francisco Blaha, the offshore fisheries advisor to the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority.
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