SOLOMON ISLANDS COMMITTED TO ADDRESS IUU FISHING
Solomon Islands is guided by its
government’s National Development Strategy (NDS) 2016-2035 to rationalize and
enhance coordination as well as to implement all of its ocean related
legislations.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and
External Trade said this framework is spearheaded by Oceans 12 which is made up
of our Government’s leading ministries responsible for the management of the
ocean space that surround our country and marine life that occur therein.
He said in our efforts to address Illegal,
Unreported and Unregulated fishing, Solomon Islands, as a member of the Parties
to the Nauru Agreement, has employed the purse seine Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) to
monitor fishing efforts within its waters.
Minister Tozaka added that as a member of
the Coral Triangle Initiative, Solomon Islands has been implementing a
coordinated approach to marine and coastal management with the leadership of
its government which focuses on people-centered natural resource
management.
He said Solomon
Islands with the support of the Forum Fisheries Agency utilised the Vessel
Monitoring System to undertake monitoring, control and surveillance activities
within its Exclusive Economic Zone.
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