Claims costly MH370 search leaves Australia blind to illegal fishing

By Rory Callinan
Updated November 29 2015 - 6:13pm, first published 4:07pm
Civilian contractor Chris Langton, right, says the hunt for missing MH370 and operations relating to the shot down MH17 aircraft have soaked up funding earmarked for monitoring the Pacific. Photo: Supplied
Civilian contractor Chris Langton, right, says the hunt for missing MH370 and operations relating to the shot down MH17 aircraft have soaked up funding earmarked for monitoring the Pacific. Photo: Supplied
The modified Cessna used in Defence Pacific surveillance patrols.  Photo: Supplied
The modified Cessna used in Defence Pacific surveillance patrols. Photo: Supplied

Australia has been left largely blind to the movement of foreign ships and struggling to police highly destructive illegal fishing operations in a vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean after Defence quietly scrapped a major surveillance operation.

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