US fleet back in action soon
![A tender approaches the US-flagged purse seiner Raffaello in Majuro lagoon. All US purse seiners have been unable to fish in the central and western Pacific area since the US defaulted on a treaty January 1. Photo: Giff Johnson US fleet back in action soon](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fS-US-fish-2-19.jpg?resize=150%2C103&ssl=1)
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 […]