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PNG tuna adopts GDST traceability standards
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Papua New Guinea s National Fisheries Authority says China and Japan have expressed interest in setting up large tuna canneries on Madang s northern coast as it launches a bid to take back a $122 million project.
Fisheries minister Dr Lino Tom said he expected the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) to be transferred back to the NFA in a matter of weeks.
Plans to develop the marine industrial hub were first announced in 2004 with a promise of creating up to 30,000 jobs and generating K2 billion in economic activity each year.
But the project stalled as disputes broke out between national government departments over who should manage the development.
Despite efforts to encourage adoption of social standards, WCPFC declines to take action
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The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) annual meeting ended on Tuesday, 15 December, and while the members were lauded for agreeing to a rollover of its vital tropical tuna measure, the commission failed to address the human rights and labor issues regarding observer and and crew safety the tuna-fishing sector.
Before its meeting, the WCPFC was lobbied by U.K. NGO Human Rights at Sea to adopt a CMM to address observer-related issues that include a lack of transparency in reporting of fisheries observer-related safety incidents, lack of availability of comprehensive employment contracts, and the need for the fisheries observers to access professional insurance provisions, among other recommendations.