James Movick

James Movick is a civil servant from the Federated States of Micronesia who served as the Director General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency from 2012 to 2018.[1][2][3]

James Movick
NationalityFederated States of Micronesia
Occupationcivil servant
Known forserved as the Director General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency from 2012 to 2018

In 2016 the United States informed the Forum Fisheries Agency that it would not pay the $17 million share of the Agency's expenses.[4] In return the Agency declined to issue any fishing licenses to American fishing vessels.

References

  1. "About FFA: Director General". Forum Fisheries Agency. Honiara. 2019-11-10. Archived from the original on 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-04-06. Dr Tupou-Roosen replaced Mr James Movick, who held the role since 2012.
  2. "Record 12 vessels under investigation as FFA's Operation Kurukuru 2014 ends". Forum Fisheries Agency. Honiara. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-21. 'Further details on the alleged infringements are an operational matter and will be dealt with at the national level but I think the findings demonstrate the level of standards and effectiveness which our national partners are applying to themselves in the area of maritime surveillance,' says FFA Director General James Movick.
  3. Mere Satakala (2016-11-15). "Meet To Help Counter Illegal Fishing". Fiji Sun. Suva. Retrieved 2020-04-06. In his opening speech, FFA Director-General, James Movick said the biggest threat to the fisheries industry is unreported and unregulated fishing in the Pacific region.
  4. "US quits fish treaty". Marshall Islands Journal. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2020-04-06. 'The treaty has provided a strong foundation for cooperation, not solely on fisheries access, but a wide range of other matters including conservation and management of marine resources, efforts to combat illegal fishing, and capacity building in a range of management and technical areas,' William Gibbons-Fly, the State Department's Director of the Office of Marine Conservation, told FFA Director James Movick in a letter this weekend.
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