​South Pacific Tuna

US vessel owners downbeat over lack of long-term tuna treaty with Pacific Islands

At the conclusion of the three-day event in Brisbane, Australia, members of US State Department, US Commerce and Industry did agree to accept an interim agreement for 2016, in coordination with representative members of the Pacific Island Parties (PIPs), Fisheries Forum Agency (FFA), and PNA Fisheries executives.

“It was a sad moment Wednesday night to witness the possible end to a 27-year agreement that means so much to people in the region,” said J. Douglas Hines, executive director of South Pacific Tuna Corporation.