Sixty-seven fisheries observers were trained in 2014 by SPC with financial support from the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency. National training courses were conducted in a number of countries and one subre-gional training was held at the Vanuatu Maritime College for Fiji, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
A national training was held in early 2014 for the Marshall Islands national fisheries observer programme.
Refresher training courses were conducted in Tonga and Tuvalu, and an upgrade training was conducted for Nauru and Solomon Islands.
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