KPress Vol. 08 Iss. 06
Jaynes, Bill (2008-02-20). KPress Vol. 08 Iss. 06 (PDF) (Report). Kolonia, Pohnpei: Kaselehlie Press.
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Abstract: KPress Vol. 08 Iss. 06: NEWS: Federated States of Micronesia—within a single month, three fishing vessels were arrested in separate high-profile enforcement actions by FSM law-enforcement authorities for violations committed in FSM waters, highlighting intensified maritime surveillance and fisheries enforcement; on February 2, the U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender Sequoia, serving as a platform for FSM law-enforcement operations, facilitated the boarding of the Japanese longliner Koshin Maru No. 31, operating out of Guam, by FSM National Police officer Justino Helgen, followed on February 13 by the boarding of another Japanese longliner, Koyo No. 8, facilitated by a U.S. Coast Guard cutter and FSM National Police officer Nicholas Raifmai; inspections revealed large-scale shark-finning activity, with FSM National Police counting 1,766 finned shark bodies at the Dekehtik Marine Surveillance Headquarters, while the fins themselves had not yet been fully inventoried at press time; the vessels were transported back to Pohnpei by the crew of the FSS Micronesia, one of three Australian-donated marine surveillance vessels enforcing maritime law in FSM waters, and were scheduled to arrive in port on February 20 to face FSM charges for Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) violations and possible additional offenses; a separate enforcement action on January 18 resulted in the apprehension of a Chinese-flagged fishing vessel approximately 40 nautical miles from Kapingamarangi Island and roughly 100 nautical miles within the FSM Exclusive Economic Zone, after being detected by radar under the command of Lieutenant Commander David Marrer aboard the FSM Palikir; reporting emphasizes that neither vessel had activated its required VMS equipment while operating inside FSM waters, rendering them effectively invisible to law-enforcement authorities except at close radar range and constituting a serious fisheries-management violation; OPINION / EDITORIAL: the opinion section includes a column reflecting critically on civil-liberties issues associated with Guantanamo detention policies, alongside a separate cultural commentary reviewing a comedy film and comparing its humor to Monty Python, The Naked Gun, and Reno 911, and an open letter addressed to Governor Ehsa, with opinions attributed solely to their respective authors.
