Pacific Island tuna treaty negotiations with the United States have concluded in Nadi with breakthroughs on conservation and access fees.??
The breakthroughs come after Papua New Guinea threatened to withdraw from the treaty — a move that would have brought the 24-year-old, multi-nation agreement to an abrupt end.
The United States delegation offered to increase access fees for 2012 to USD 4.5 million up from USD 2.4 million and to take a more conciliatory approach on the Pacific’s longer term demands.
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