Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 07.06.2025
Australian Fisheries Management Authority officers aboard the New South Wales Water Police vessel Nemesis patrol the Tasman Sea July 6, 2025. AFMA joined Pacific Quadrilateral Defence Coordination Group partners, France, New Zealand, and the U.S., during Operation Nasse, an annual multilateral fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance activity which detects, deters, and disrupts illegal,......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 06.20.2025
Officers with the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia prepare to board a commercial fishing vessel on the high seas in the Pacific Ocean June 20, 2025. FANC officers conducted fisheries inspections as part of Operation Nasse, a three-month operation conducted by Australia, France, New Zealand, and the U.S. to safeguard the marine resources of Pacific Island nations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo,......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 06.20.2025
Officers with the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia prepare to board a commercial fishing vessel on the high seas in the Pacific Ocean June 20, 2025. FANC officers conducted fisheries inspections as part of Operation Nasse alongside medium endurance cutter USCGC Harriet Lane (WMEC 903), New South Wales Police vessel Nemesis, a P8-A from the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and a King Air......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 06.20.2025
Officers with the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia board a commercial fishing vessel on the high seas in the Pacific Ocean June 20, 2025. During Operation Nasse, a three-month operation conducted by Australia, France, New Zealand, and the U.S., participating officers conducted 31 high seas boardings, resulting in 39 potential violations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy French Armed......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 06.09.2025
Cpl. Kenneth Lacy, a linguist for the U.S. Marine Corps, transits from the fantail of the medium endurance cutter USCGC Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) to a 26-foot over-the-horizon small boat in the Pacific Ocean June 9, 2025. The Harriet Lane crew conducted bilateral maritime law enforcement operations with the Cook Island Ministry of Marine Resources as part of Operation Nasse, a three-month......
Photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 10.13.2022
Lt. Jalle Merritt, commanding officer of USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) gives a tour to members of the U.S. and the Federated States of Micronesia attending the Joint Committee Meeting in Guam following the signing of an expanded shiprider agreement allowing remote coordination of authorities, the first of its kind, on Oct. 13, 2022. The agreement will enable to U.S to act on behalf of the FSM......
Photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 10.13.2022
Lt. Jalle Merritt, commanding officer of USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) gives a tour to members of the U.S. and the Federated States of Micronesia attending the Joint Committee Meeting in Guam following the signing of an expanded shiprider agreement allowing remote coordination of authorities, the first of its kind, on Oct. 13, 2022. The agreement will enable to U.S to act on behalf of the FSM......
Photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 10.13.2022
U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia Sector Guam Commander Capt. Nicholas R. Simmons and the Honorable Joses R. Gallen, Secretary of Justice, Federated States of Micronesia, signed an expanded shiprider agreement allowing remote coordination of authorities, the first of its kind aboard the USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) in Guam on Oct. 13, 2022. The agreement will enable the U.S to act on behalf......
