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US fleet back in action soon

By Journal on February 19, 2016 fishing, fleet, Glen Joseph, seiner, William Gibbons-Fly Feature Articles

Seventeen Pacific islands have agreed to reduce by nearly 2,000 fishing days the 2016 quota for the United States tuna fleet, a proposal that could see American purse seiners back in operation in the western and central Pacific in the near future. In mid-January, the US State Department announced its intention to withdraw from a […]

US quits fish treaty

By Journal on January 22, 2016 FFA, fish treaty, James Movick, Transform Aquorau, US State Department, Wez Norris, William Gibbons-Fly News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON The US government officially announced it is pulling out of the US Pacific islands fisheries treaty, a move that will take effect in 12 months, according to the terms of the nearly 30-year old deal. The US State Department advised the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) this past weekend that it had officially communicated […]