为了在太平洋地区杜绝IUU渔业(非法的、无报告的、无管制的渔业),到目前为止,美国已与拥有丰富金枪鱼类资源的5个太平洋岛国(帕劳、密克罗尼西亚、马绍尔群岛、库克群岛、基里巴斯)签订了由上述5个岛国的监视官员乘坐美国警备艇在太平洋地区共同对IUU渔业进行监视的协定,这次又与汤加签订了这个共同监视的协定,这样现下在太平洋地区已有6个国家与美国共同对IUU渔业进行监视。 To put an end to the IUU fisheries (illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries) in the Pacific, the United States has so far engaged with five Pacific island countries with abundant tuna resources (Palau, Micronesia, Marshall Islands , Cook Islands, Kiribati) entered into a co-monitoring agreement with Tonga for the surveillance of IUU fisheries in the Pacific by US surveillance officers from the five island nations on board the United States. This now follows the Pacific Ocean Six countries in the region have been monitoring the IUU fisheries jointly with the United States.