South Pacific Tuna Treaty Negotiations with US Slow Going
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] May 2, 2016
The South Pacific Tuna Corporation and The Global Companies, which includes Ocean Global, LLC, Sea Global, LLC, and Pacific Global, LLC say progress in negotatiing a new South Pacific Tuna Treat with the US is slow going.
The Corporation adn The Global Companies are with other tuna industry leaders and delegates representing American Samoa this week for negations between the Governments of the United States and the Pacific Island Nations regarding the 27-year- Treaty, a cornerstone of commercial support to the Pacific Island Nations.
However, after a week of intense dialogue between all affected parties, the delegation was dismissed without coming to any formal agreement. The following is a statement from J Douglas Hines, executive director of South Pacific Tuna Corporation, and partner in The Global Companies...
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