Tag: Tuna canneries
‘Cheated’ PNG landowners threaten to close five fish processing plants
Lae landowners have given the papua New Guinean government seven days to review existing agreements or they will close the disputed tuna fish canneries....
American Samoa tuna cannery closure prompts fisheries gifts to Tokelau
By Mackenzie Smith in Auckland
After the closure of one of its tuna canneries, American Samoa is looking to recover by giving away tonnes of the fish...
US, Pacific countries resolve treaty deadlock – fleet fishing again
By Jason Smith
A fishing rights dispute that has seen the US-flagged tuna fleet grounded in the Western and Central Pacific has ended with Pacific...
Forum Fisheries Agency seeks answers to American withdrawal in Pacific
The Forum Fisheries Agency says a series of meetings in Fiji this week will attempt to find solutions for Pacific nations reeling from the...
US withdrawal from Pacific tuna treaty will take effect January 2017
Report from Pacific Media Watch in Suva
The decision by the United States to withdraw from the 30-year Tuna Treaty with Pacific Island countries will...
Tuna fishing deal dispute keeps US boats out of Pacific waters
A 2015 Greenpeace video about the "out of control" global tuna fishing industry, including the Pacific. Rainbow Warrior skipper Peter Willcox interviewed. Video: Greenpeace
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