Demo Party: ‘Where we stand on purse seining’

Talk to any of our local fishermen and they will tell you our tuna resource is in danger of collapse. Purse seining is usually blamed, and there is huge public opposition across party lines to the Spanish super seiners now fishing in Cook Islands waters under the EU agreement.

Talk to any of our local fishermen and they will tell you our tuna resource is in danger of collapse. Purse seining is usually blamed, and there is huge public opposition across party lines to the Spanish super seiners now fishing in Cook Islands waters under the EU agreement.