“We cannot reasonably expect crews to comply with complex fisheries regulations including logbooks, bycatch mitigation, finning bans, spatial closures and other requirements when they are overworked, underpaid, isolated and afraid."
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Sharks Pacific Policy Director Bubba Cook says the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) faces a defining moment in Manila, warning that failure to adopt a management procedure for South Pacific albacore would hit Pacific economies and undermine the credibility of the Commission.
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Conservationist Alfred "Bubba" Cook and high-profile New Zealand investigator, Tim McKinnel talk to Paddy Gower about the dark underbelly of the international fishing industry and the need for greater transparency, accountability and change.
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A global initiative supporting ocean conservation efforts in the most remote corners of the tropical Pacific has sent an all-Cook Islands research team to Penrhyn.
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But there are solutions, experts say, such as regulating international trade in sharks and creating more sustainable fisheries.
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Sylvia Earle and Jessica Cramp share what inspires them and how everyone can help make a cleaner, bluer world.
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National Geographic explorer Jessica Cramp discusses how to better save sharks through improved conservation policies.
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First Jessica Cramp helped ban the shark trade in the Cook Islands. Now she's studying whether the law is protecting sharks.
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