It will be difficult for countries like Solomon Islands to seek permission from other fishing fleets to sell their number of fishing days, says the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Deputy Director-General Wez Norris.
Speaking to SIBC News Mr Norris explained that the agreement between the US Government and FFA last August was almost for 6,000 fishing days, but what they are saying now is they only need just over 4,000 fishing days.
“The agreement that we made last year was for almost 6,000 fishing days. What they are saying now is that they only need something just over 4,000 fishing days so it’s a very large number of days and it’s very difficult for countries like the Solomon Islands to now think about taking days back and going to other fleets and seeing whether they want to buy them.”
