Seattle- The North Pacific Coast Guard Forum (NPCGF) was initiated in 2000 as a venue to foster multilateral cooperation through the sharing of information on matters related to combined operations, exchange of information, illegal drug trafficking, maritime security, fisheries enforcement, and illegal migration. The current membership includes agencies from Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United States.
The first Forum was held in Tokyo in 2000 and has followed an alternating semi-annual cycle of technical experts meetings and principals summits since. The NPCGF has achieved clear successes in the areas of combined operations and fisheries law enforcement. The Coast Guard regularly contributes a High Endurance Cutter to participate in the annual summer combined operations with its NPCGF partners. In 2007, BOUTWELL, in cooperation with the Japanese, Canadian and Chinese governments, seized six vessels engaged in illegal high-seas driftnet fishing.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zac Crawford.
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