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- ↑ "Operation Tui Moana". Scoop NZ . Honiara. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
Over 10 days, the Cook Island Pacific patrol boat with two NZ fisheries officers, supported by a P3K Orion surveillance aircraft provided by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), conducted surveillance and boarding operations in the EEZ's of Samoa, Cook Islands and the surrounding high seas areas and the pocket adjacent to Cook Islands EEZ.
- ↑ "Integrated Aerial Surveillance as part of the Australian Government Pacific Maritime Security Program". United Nations . Retrieved 2018-01-21.
Through in depth cooperation and data sharing, and with the support of the Quadrilateral Defence Coordination Group (QUADS) of Australia, New Zealand, France and the USA; Pacific Island Countries have already made great strides towards the elimination of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) tuna fishing.
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