date:Jul 31, 2012
ssels from the 13 Torres Strait Treaty villages that can lawfully operate in Australian waters and those from non-treaty villages, or other places, who cannot.
The system will also assist PNG traditional inhabitants who have expressed concern for many years that they are being mistaken for those outsiders who fish illegally.
Villagers are excited about the labelling system, applauding when the first new labels were fixed in place. Other PNG treaty villages are enquiring about the program, expr