Interpol prevents illegal fishing in the Pacific

Australia Radio on 2/3 night reported that the International Police Organization (Interpol) held its first meeting to solve illegal fishing.

The meeting took place in the last two days of February in the French city of Lyon. Interpol's Environmental Crime Program has set up a section to monitor illegal fishing activities to help countries cope with this problem.

Greenpeace's Pacific coordinator, Nathaniel Pelle, thinks governments need to work with Interpol to reduce illegal fishing. According to him, illegal fishing in the Pacific is estimated to take away this region 2 billion USD / year.

That money can be used to support regional development. The western and central Pacific regions are a large oceanic area while the Pacific island nations lack sea surveillance capabilities.

In addition to illegal fishing in the Pacific Ocean, many of these near-shore areas are in an unsustainable state of aquatic diversity.

Pacific coastal fishing program director Lindsay Chapman said invertebrate species such as sea cucumbers in this sea area are severely affected, fishermen have to go further to catch crabs and lemons. other products. This is a serious problem for the whole region.