Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Operation Kurukuru" in English language version.
The FFA Director General also commended the "outstanding" activity of Papua New Guinea's patrol boat the HMPNGS SEEADLER, another success story of Kurukuru 2014. Five of its six boardings resulted in discovery of potential infringements. The active participation of PNG is a major outcome for the current operation, linked to an earlier one-month attachment to FFA's Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre by PNG Leading Seaman Riwas Israel Pala of the National Surveillance Coordination Centre based in Port Moresby.
Fiji Navy's Commander John Fox said other foreign countries had joined the operation which was launched 10 years ago specifically for maritime surveillance.
Fiji also engages through sub-regional approaches, like Operation Kurukuru, in order to beef up national surveillance operations, done so through collaboration.
