Community Based Canneries Are Possible
Community based canneries is being promoted to use fish not wanted by major fish processing plants as well as canning other food like taro and breadfruit. The project is being spearheaded by the ...Read more
Community based canneries is being promoted to use fish not wanted by major fish processing plants as well as canning other food like taro and breadfruit. The project is being spearheaded by the ...Read more
Talks were held in Honolulu earlier this month concerning the export of fresh fish from American Samoa to Hawaii and Japan. Director of Commerce Keniseli Lafaele met separately with officials of ...Read more
A Greenpeace Pacific campaigner on fisheries issues says an international agreement to reduce the fishing of tuna by limiting the number of vessels that fish in various oceans has largely been ...Read more
The customs scanner van was in action at the inter island dock for the first time this morning for the arrival of the Lady Naomi. All personal baggage for passengers were put through the scanner ...Read more
Journalists covering the 13th Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission in Nadi, Fiji were urged to put a spotlight on observers that are placed on vessels which fish in the ...Read more
President Barrack Obama has now signed the “Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act” which ensures the territory’s fishermen access to fisheries in international waters and better ...Read more
The new Pacific Tuna Treaty which allows US purse seiners to fish in waters of 16 Pacific island countries will be signed this afternoon in Nadi, Fiji. The new treaty was concluded this year after ...Read more
The head of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement fisheries bloc says the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission needs to focus on controlling fishing on the high seas when the ...Read more
Congresswoman Aumua Amata has praised President-Elect Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that he plans to withdraw the United States from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). This is a trade ...Read more
StarKist Samoa is still pressed for cold storage space to support its fish processing and canning operation. The cannery usually closes for two days over the Thanksgiving Day holiday but this week ...Read more