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Niue proposes commercial fishing ban over much of its EEZ

The tiny Pacific island nation will need outside help to help proptect the zone.

Nevil Gibson
Tue, 10 Oct 2017

The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue is proposing to ban commercial fishing from nearly half of its exclusive economic zone or EEZ.

Premier Sir Toke Talagi announced the move last week in conjunction with the Our Ocean conference held in Malta.

The zone covers 127,000sq km and was

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Nevil Gibson
Tue, 10 Oct 2017
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