This joint embarkation aimed to strengthen operational cooperation between France and Vanuatu, to promote the sharing of expertise in fisheries police, and to fight against illegal, unsuccessful and unregulated fishing (INN) via maritime, air and satellite surveillance. Several fishing ships have been interviewed, allowing the collection of data in real time. On the high seas, the Vanuatais observer participated in a visit team during the control of a palanger, contributing to a concrete exchange of procedures. An F200 Gardian Plane Flotilla 25Fdeployed in Port-Vila, supported the detection and identification operations.
This action is part of the continuous efforts of France and its partners in the area to strengthen regional maritime cooperation and encourage the search for agreements shipriding (boarding of foreign agents aboard the French Navy ships for fisheries control operations), essential lever in the fight against Inn fishing in the Pacific.
What are the missions of the FANCs?
THE Armed Forces in New Caledonia (FANC) Allow France to have a permanent military presence in the South Pacific Ocean in order to protect French interests in the region. As such, they maintain the military partnerships of France in this area of strategic interest. With more than 1,450 soldiers, the FANCs provide regular support to missions relating to the action of the State at sea. They have an intervention capacity to deal with a security or climate crisis affecting the area. The FANCs regularly share their expertise in the field of assistance to populations victims of natural disasters, or maritime security to the security and defense forces of partner countries of the South Pacific.
