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Highland Gold Maple making syrup from Cape Breton woods for 25 years | SaltWire #capebreton #mapleSYDNEY/WELLINGTON - The U.S. Coast Guard has rejected comments by a Chinese diplomat that its recent boardings of Chinese fishing boats in the Pacific Islands alongside local police are illegal, saying the joint patrols are at the behest of Pacific nations to protect coastal fisheries.
China's Ambassador to New Zealand Wang Xiaolong said in a letter circulated by the Chinese embassy on Friday the use of shiprider agreements between the U.S. and Vanuatu, Kiribati and Papua New Guinea to"carry out law enforcement activities against China's fishing vessels" was a violation of international law.
"We do these boardings at the behest of those host nations who invite us to board, to work with them collaboratively in protecting their Exclusive Economic Zones," he said at a press conference in Honolulu to mark the return of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Harriet Lane after its Pacific Islands patrol.
Commander Nicole Tesoniero said shiprider agreements with Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea had resulted in 23 boardings of fishing boats operating in the"far reaches of the respective countries' exclusive economic zones", with 12 violations found by local police.
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