'Free-for-all' decimates fish stocks in the southern Pacific

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Fishing fleets have devastated stocks in the southern Pacific, once among the world’s richest waters

Excerpts from this story referencing "South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization":

"… ward the elusive goal of curbing the plunder.Negotiations to establish the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) began in 2006, at the initiative of Australia and New Zealand alo …"

Lords of the fish

By Juan Pablo Figueroa Lasch

As fish stocks plummet, industry and government blame each other for the damage

Excerpts from this story referencing "South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization":

"… 10, but after 2005 competition grew intense. A score of nations formed the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO), and the world’s biggest fishing vessels now trawl beyond Chile …"

Fishing nations fail to stop plunder in the South Pacific

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Fishing nations failed to stop plunder in the South Pacific

Excerpts from this story referencing "South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization":

"… ry landed almost 70,000 metric tons in 2011 but took no part in the recent South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) negotiations in Santiago. The SPRFMO — an intergovernmental org …"

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IMPACT: Key vote clears way to stop fish plundering in the South Pacific

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Long overdue Chilean vote unblocks efforts to impose binding regulations on fishing quotas across the southern Pacific

Excerpts from this story referencing "South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization":

"… with two abstentions, on June 14 to ratify the convention that governs the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO), the organization charged with protecting fish stocks in the sout …"