Death at sea: the fisheries inspectors who never came home

Eritara Aati Kaierua is one of more than a dozen observers who have died since 2009. A year later his family are still waiting for answers

In his last email to his family, Eritara Aati Kaierua told them he loved them and apologised for not being in touch sooner. Fish is a little scarce or maybe this location is not fertile, we are now fishing in Papua New Guinea and we are still here," he wrote to his wife, Tekarara, on 21 February 2020.

Please try to stay well ... and I will try my best to stay healthy from here too," he wrote.