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Fisheries meet eyes better monitoring, control, surveillance for Pacific

25 Mar 2014 | by ffa.int
FFA HQ, Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS – Fisheries officials from all 17 member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, FFA, are in Honiara this week turning the spotlight on the work they do to monitor, control and keep watch over offshore fishing.

The 17th meeting of the FFA Monitoring Control and Surveillance Working group, or MCS-WG for short, will look at the evolving challenges in the field, and the realities of applying elements of a regional strategy at national level.