sydney australia extend pacific islands migrant labor program fly aerial surveillance missions protect valuable pacific fisheries prime minister malcolm turnbull say pacific island leaders forum meet hold apia samoa bring 17 pacific island nations plus australia new zealand negotiate table new agreement help tiny low-income pacific island nations give access australia large develop economy migrant workers repatriate fund via overseas remittances per capita gross national incomes 11 countries region range 1,540 solomon islands 13,496 palau accord world bank figure australian workers earn average yearly salary 64,000 australia population 24 million people highly urbanize lead labor shortages rural areas prime minister malcolm turnbull sign agreement friday allow 2,000 islanders work rural areas next three years add exist seasonal worker program supply agricultural labor micro-nations kiribati nauru tuvalu first access scheme allow workers engage non-farm work care elderly world bank say australia interest encourage stability aid dependency region high reliance aid alone unbalance strategy improve employment prospect increase remittance flow labor mobility help stabilize otherwise fragile state say new report pacific possible release forum report say pacific region potential create 500,000 new job increase incomes 40 percent 2040 focus develop key areas tourism fisheries western central pacific ocean cover percent world ocean mass contain last healthy tuna stock supply 60 percent world tuna report say australia agree fund aerial surveillance pacific island member state combat illegal fish plan air end year australia allow pacific islands workers patrol fisheries