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Every December, fisheries officials from the Marshall Islands and Forum Fisheries Agency countries troop off to the annual Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission - often for battles with distant water fishing nations over policies that impact tuna fishing on the high seas in the region.
But this year, said Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority Director Glen Joseph, many of the big and contentious tuna issues that the WCPFC dealt with in the past several years are not on the table this year, having been resolved through agreed-to conservation measures.
For the annual meeting this week in Manila, Joseph said there are two key issues for Pacific Islands, one of which doesn't have much impact on the Marshall Islands but is neverthel
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