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William Framhein & another v Attorney General [of the Cook Islands] was heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on 17 November 2021, with the judgment released on 28 February 2022. The case concerned a judicial review of three decisions made by the Cook Islands Government in relation to the establishment of its purse seine fishery in 2013, which is subject to international management arrangements made by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. The three decisions at issue were the making of the Skipjack Tuna Purse Seine Fishery Plan 2013, the promulgation of the Marine Resources (Purse Seine Fishery) Regulations 2013, and the adoption and signature of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement and Implementation Protocol with the European Union. The case was brought by a private citizen and traditional leader, Mr William Framheim, together with a local environmental NGO, Te Ipukarea Society. The Applicants brought the case to the High Court of the Co

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