The U.S., Japan, Australia, and India will launch a maritime program at the Quad summit in Tokyo to curb illegal fishing in the Indo-Pacific, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, quoting a U.S. official.The report said the maritime system would use satellite technology to create a system to track illegal fishing from the Indian Ocean to the South Pacific by linking surveillance centers in Singapore and India.
US President Joe Biden has visited Japan to attend a summit of Quad – Australia, India, Japan and the United States in Tokyo – to boost cooperation in the face of China’s growing threat.According to a report in the Financial Times, the maritime system will enable these countries to monitor illegal fishing even when boats have switched off transponders.
US-Indo Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell had earlier said this month that the United States would soon announce plans to combat illegal fishing in the U.S.Several countries in the Indo-Pacific region are outraged by China’s large fishing vessels. They say its ships often only wreak havoc on their economic zones and cause environmental damage and economic losses.
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