via Radio Australia

Tens of thousands of people in Papua New Guinea's Western Province are having their food security undermined by illegal fishing, making recovery from recent floods more difficult.

 

llegal fishing by Indonesian and other foreign vessels, has been a problem for years.

The Cairns-based Reef and Rainforest Research Centre manages extensive research and sustainability programs on the Australian side of the border, in the Torres Strait, and also in PNG.

The Centre's Managing Director, Sheriden Morris, told Jemima Garrett surveys show the scale of illegal fishing is so severe that marine resources are under significant pressure.