All of these observers disembarked from United States fishing boats in Pago Pago, American Samoa, over the past several weeks.
The repatriation exercise was financed by the American Tunaboat Association (ATA) member vessel owners and coordinated closely with the observers’ national programmes, and the FFA.
Those who were repatriated include 2 Fijians, 4 Solomon Islanders and 3 Papua New Guineans. They are now being quarantined in different quarantine locations in their home countries since their arrival.
