Operation Kurukuru

Operation Kurukuru is an annual maritime surveillance operation conducted by Pacific Island countries to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. It attempts to combat this within the exclusive economic zone of members of the Pacific Islands Forum, and is run by the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) within the Pacific Islands Forum. It is also often done in cooperation with the Pacific Quadrilateral Defence Coordination Group, and usually takes place over two weeks. Initiated in 2005, the operation is one of the longest-running and most coordinated regional maritime security efforts in the Pacific. It is one of four such annual regional operations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. It reflects a cooperative security arrangement among small island states with limited maritime enforcement capacities.