Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has raised concerns about overfishing in the Pacific at a Sweden Oceans Summit event at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
While addressing delegates at the summit, Bainimarama says the selfish commercial plunder of our seas by unscrupulous nations and unscrupulous interests is robbing our people of a precious resource.
He stressed that the overfishing is threatening the interests of every Fijian.
Bainimarama says the current level of overfishing simply cannot continue for a moment longer without putting stocks at risk.
The Prime Minister adds it is destroying the source of food and income on which so many of our coastal communities depend.
He says there is nothing small Pacific Island nations can do about the huge deposits of refuse ‑ and especially plastic bags and bottles ‑ that originate from countries on the Pacific Rim and are carried by the ocean currents into the Pacific Ocean.
Bainimarama says by global standards, the waters around Fiji are still relatively unpolluted and we want to keep it that way for ourselves and our international visitors.
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