AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoMaritime Security: A U.S. Coast Guard cutter, the Joseph Gerczak, arrived in Suva to run bilateral “ship rider” operations with Fiji this week, targeting illegal fishing, drug trafficking and other transnational crimes in Fiji’s Exclusive Economic Zone as part of Operation Blue Pacific. Regional Fisheries Enforcement: The FFA’s Operation Island Chief 2026 (OPIC26) flagged 16 vessels of interest and apprehended four after two weeks of surveillance across about 27.5 million square kilometres, with monitoring of more than 3,000 fishing vessels in 11 FFA member EEZs. Marshall Islands in Finance: STS Digital says it will accept USDM1, an on-chain U.S. dollar sovereign bond issued by the Republic of the Marshall Islands and backed by the U.S. Treasury, as collateral for certain trading and financing arrangements. Pacific Security Diplomacy: The U.S. and 41 countries are pushing for at least 24 hours’ advance notice of long-range missile tests, with Marshall Islands and Palau among the signatories. Shipping Safety in the Gulf: Iran claims it detained a UAE-owned tanker near the Strait of Hormuz, while an SOS video from a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel alleges its employer is forcing crossings despite security risks.
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