The Nearshore Fisheries Development Section once again assisted Vanuatu Maritime College (VMC) in Santo Vanuatu with the annual Practical Sea Safety and Fishing Course for Pacific Island Fisheries Officers. The course this year was attended by twelve trainees from ten Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTS) who stayed at VMC in Luganville for the entire month of October. This was the fifth time the course was held at VMC. Previous to that, the course was called the Practical Fishing Module and was held in several PICTs and was an extension of the Nelson School of Fisheries (Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology) Pacific Island Fisheries Officers Training Course.

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