Pacific Islands Act To Save Threatened Tuna
South Pacific nations have taken steps to shore up dwindling tuna stocks, banning licensed tuna vessels from fishing in international waters between their islands and requiring them to always carry observers. The new rules, agreed to at a fisheries meeting in Palau on Tuesday, will take effect from June 15, 2008. "This is an historic moment for the Pacific, its people, marine life and future food security," Lagi Toribau, Greenpeace Australia's Pacific Oceans campaigner said on Wednesday.