Fishing Enforcement Agreement in Palau

Frode Pleym (left), Expedition Leader from Greenpeace and Johnson Toribiong (right), President of the Republic of Palau, are at the Palau National Congress for the signing of an agreement between Greenpeace and the Republic of Palau to conduct joint fishing enforcement in search of illegal fishing in Palau waters. This second such agreement comes less than a year after Palau and Greenpeace conducted a successful joint surveillance exercise, netting an illegal shark fishing and finning operation in December 2011. The patrol will be the final part of Greenpeace's Defending Our Pacific Tour in which the Greenpeace ship Esperanza has visited South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and will now search for pirate fishing in international waters near Palau.