Vanuatu Police, Aided by US Coast Guard, Say Chinese Violated Fishing Laws

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane boarding team alongside Vanuatu Fishery Department and Police Maritime Wing officers start a fishery boarding on a fishing vessel in the Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone in the South Pacific Ocean, Feb. 26, 2024.

Six Chinese fishing boats were found to be violating Vanuatu's fisheries law after being inspected by local police who were on board the first U.S. Coast Guard boat to patrol the waters of the Pacific Islands nation, Vanuatu police and officials said.