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The Forum Fisheries Agency is an organization run by the Pacific Islands Forum.[1] It operates the Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre, headquartered in the Solomon Islands, and annually runs an Operation Kurukuru—a joint effort to board and inspect suspicious fishing vessels.

References

  1. ^ "Record 12 vessels under investigation as FFA's Operation Kurukuru 2014 ends". Forum Fisheries Agency. Honiara. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-21. The FFA Director General also commended the "outstanding" activity of Papua New Guinea's patrol boat the HMPNGS SEEADLER, another success story of Kurukuru 2014. Five of its six boardings resulted in discovery of potential infringements. The active participation of PNG is a major outcome for the current operation, linked to an earlier one-month attachment to FFA's Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre by PNG Leading Seaman Riwas Israel Pala of the National Surveillance Coordination Centre based in Port Moresby.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)