Fishery Agency meets to decide strategy

Forum Fishery Agency (FFA) members, including the Cook Islands, are in Papeete, Tahiti, for the 72nd Special Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Committee, which opened on Monday to discuss negotiating positions and strategies for the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting which will be held next week from Monday 7-Friday 11 December. Peter Graham, Josh Mitchell and Pam Maru from Cook Islands Marine Resources will be attending the meeting including the preliminary meeting.
Issues on the agenda for WCPFC this year include tightening controls on illegal fishing and a conservation and management measure on swordfish. FFA members form over half (17) of the 32 members at WCPFC which also includes the distant water fishing nations from Asia, North America and EU.

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