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Tuna caught by a longline vessel is off-loaded in Majuro in this file photo. A S. Korean longline vessel was charged Friday with illegal fishing in Marshall Islands waters earlier this month. Photo: Hilary Hosia
The Marshall Islands has ratified a United Nation's agreement to fight illegal fishing.
It is the first binding international agreement to specifically target IUU or 'Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated' fishing by preventing foreign vessels from using ports and trading in illegally caught fish.
Chief Fisheries Officer, Beau Bigler spoke with Pacific Waves host Susana Suisuiki.