Greenpeace wants foreign-owned fishing vessels out of Pacific Is national waters
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 18:33
In a new report Greenpeace is calling for the exclusion of large-scale “and destructive” foreign-owned vessels from national waters, in a bid to help small locally owned Pacific Islands fisheries survive and to sustain precious tuna reserves for the future.
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Poupou lahi kihe 'Greenpeace'
Poupou lahi ki he 'Greenpeace', pea ta'ofi 'a e laiseni toutai ko'ena na'e lau ke 'oange ki he kau Siaina ki he ngaahi matatahi fakalao 'o Tonga. 'E anga fefe ke fakangogfua kau Siaina ke nau omi kinautolu 'o fa'ao atu 'a e ma'u'anga mo'ui 'a e kau toutai Tonga, pea mo sipai takai holo 'i he 'otu Tonga. SAIA
I want our fisheries sector
I want our fisheries sector to do well but I'm not sure banning foreign vessels is the answer. The answers we should be looking for are with fishermen or the fishing companies, see what led to the industry's decline and what is hampering its growth.
Talking about sustainable fishing, I wonder what the Greenpeace party would think of the highly politicized mokohunu trade. If I fished mokohunu and knew the numbers were falling to low levels, it may be a little difficult to stop if others are still fishing it. And if export bans are put in place, at least you take that frenzied impulse, to cash it in before the resource finishes, out of the equation. Tonga is a lot of ocean, sustainable fishing I think is extremely important for the present and future generations.