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Chinas ambitions to expand influence in Pacific worries Hawaiis commercial fishermen ANI | Updated: May 19, 2021 17:21 IST Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): Chinas fleet of government-subsidised ships strayed into more distant waters in search of seafood and more influence has become a common point of concern for Hawaiis commercial fishermen and the US military. According to Civil Beat, local longliners have reported seeing growing numbers of Chinese vessels n...

Chinas ambitions to expand influence in Pacific 19 May 2021, 22:37 GMT+10 Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): Chinas fleet of government-subsidised ships strayed into more distant waters in search of seafood and more influence has become a common point of concern for Hawaiis commercial fishermen and the US military. According to Civil Beat, local longliners have reported seeing growing numbers of Chinese vessels near their islands, accusing them of overfishing and intimidating tactics. "What are the...

Hawaiis Fishermen Are Worried About Chinas Fleet. So Is The Military - Honolulu Civil Beat Hawaii’s Fishermen Are Worried About China’s Fleet. So Is The Military The U.S. military increasingly sees illegal fishing as a national security threat and has China’s vast government-subsidized fleet in its sights. Reading time: 7 minutes. Hawaii’s commercial fishermen and the U.S. military have a potential threat in common — China’s fleet of government-subsidized ships that has been strayi...

NOAA Keeps Deploying Fishery Observers But With Limits Amid Pandemic - Honolulu Civil Beat NOAA Keeps Deploying Fishery Observers But With Limits Amid Pandemic The NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office maintained full observer coverage of swordfish but had to temporarily cease observer coverage in American Samoa. Reading time: 5 minutes. Considered essential workers, federal fishery observers have continued monitoring Pacific commercial operations during the pandemic, but COVID-19 res...

Longliners tied up at Honolulus Pier 38. Photo courtesy HawaiiSeafood.org. After two decades it’s far past time to make it easier for foreign fishermen who work in the Hawaii longline fleet, industry advocates say. The lockdown after the September 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., still reverberates in the U.S. Pacific pelagic fishery, with complicated entry rules and procedures for crew from Indonesia and the Philippines who make up the bulk of the fleet’s workforce....

Commercial seafood organizations have begun responding to a U.S. Justice Department task force report on human trafficking in international waters.

The Hawaii Longline Association says it has worked to improve the lives of foreign fishermen after reports about squalid conditions on some vessels.