At the 4th Pacific Tuna Forum in the Solomon Islands, Greenpeace is alarmed that despite the increased drive for domestic investment and value adding in the region’s tuna sector, Pacific Island nations face the risk of losing out on real sustainability and development for their people.
“The Forum is packed with delegates from distant water fishing nations who continue to profit from and deplete Pacific tuna stocks. Their business models are based upon paying as little as possible for the right to fish, and taking as much of the profit as they can out of the region,” said Duncan Williams, Greenpeace Australia Pacific Oceans Campaigner.
Yesterday Greenpeace organized a successful workshop attended by over 40 participants from government, the private sector, investors and other stakeholders to discuss alternative smaller scale fisheries development in the region and the next steps needed to drive this forward.
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