The Fiji Times, 31 May 2017 – FIJI will be able to identify areas of the sea which are at risk and protect it after a Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSA) workshop that commenced in Suva yesterday.
PSSA is an area that needs special protection through action by International Maritime Organisation (IMO) because of its significance for recognised ecological or socioeconomic or scientific reasons.
IMO Head, Office for the London Convention and Protocol Ocean Affairs Marine Environment division, Edward Kleverlaan said PSSA was a concept that IMO had to regulate international shipping through very sensitive areas. Read more…
