HONIARA, 26 MARCH 2020 (FFA) — On Friday the Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) closes the two-week fisheries surveillance activity, Operation Rai Balang 2020. The operation is unprecedented in achieving maritime surveillance across 14.1million square kilometers, including 108 sighting and 24 boardings, during the heightened global response to coronavirus. The FFA coordinated air and […]
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Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency leads one of the largest maritime surveillance operations
HONIARA, 25 October, 2019 – The Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) lead Operation Kurukuru is one of the largest maritime surveillance operations globally covering an area the land size of Russia, India and Egypt combined. The multi-million-dollar operation targeting Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing was conducted between October 7-18, 2019 and covered 21.3 […]