Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)

Participants are reviewing the latest paperwork, regulations and protocols in preparation for their return to work as coronavirus restrictions are relaxed and lifted around the world.

Speaking to the Nauru Bulletin, Mr Clodumar explained that Nauruan observers are deployed throughout the Pacific region and Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority (NFMRA) is the agent for local observers through the national program.

Fisheries observers are at the front line of protecting our fisheries.

All of these observers disembarked from United States fishing boats in Pago Pago, American Samoa, over the past several weeks.

The repatriation exercise was financed by the American Tunaboat Association (ATA) member vessel owners and coordinated closely with the observers’ national programmes, and the FFA.

Those who were repatriated include 2 Fijians, 4 Solomon Islanders and 3 Papua New Guineans. They are now being quarantined in different quarantine locations in their home countries since their arrival.