Category: Maritime
Government lifts beche-de-mer ban
Dried beche-de-mer The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has announced, it is lifting the beche-de-mer ban this month. Director Fisheries Edward Honiwala said the ... Read More
Honiara Port’s safety the focus of Pacific Navigation Project
Port of Honiara. Photo: Bizbilla.com Improving the safety of Solomon Islands' Honiara port was in focus this week as the capital's maritime stakeholders met to ... Read More
Parliament passes ‘Solomon Islands Maritime Authority Bill 2018’
RSIPF Boats Parliament has passed the 'Solomon Islands Maritime Authority Bill 2018' last Friday. The now Act seeks to establish SIMA as a financially self-sufficient ... Read More
New patrol boat to be delivered next year.
The 'Guardian Class'patrol boat. Photo: Austal Limited. The Australian Minister for Defense, Senator Marise Payne assures the Royal Solomon Islands Commissioner Mathew Valley that Solomon ... Read More
20 foreign fishing vessels boarded
Royal Solomon Islands Police vessel, Auki. Photo: AHC. The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Maritime Unit has boarded more than twenty foreign fishing vessels during ... Read More
Local fishermen rescue Temotuans missing since Easter
Gabriel Manelusi. Photo: RSIPF Police have confirmed the five Temotuans who went missing during the Easter period earlier this year, have been found alive ... Read More
29 Bougainvilleans apprehended for illegally entering Solomon waters
Police patrol boat Auki arrives at the Gizo wharf with the Bouganvillians. The Royal Solomon Islands Police Response Team has apprehended 29 Bougainvilleans today ... Read More