Fisheries Projects
In March 2010, Islands Buiness Magazine reported that a new Chinese investor was to develop the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ), but scant details were available about the company. The details below are taken from that report.
The RD tuna cannery in Madang is a Filipino owned operation that has provoked considerable controversy over working conditions, hygiene standards, environmental pollution and negative social impacts on local communities.
The local Kananam people have their own website which highlights their perspective on the tuna cannery and the problems it creates - Kananam say no to RD tuna
Up to four tuna canneries are planned in Lae, Papua New Guinea’s second largest city and industrial centre, although the specific details about some of the projects are unclear.
The South Seas Tuna loining plant in Wewak is a Tawanese-owned business that skins and bones tuna for export to overseas canneries.
In 2005 a major Social Impact study exposed the project's history of political corruption that involves the family of current Prime Minister, Michael Somare, and the environmental damage and the negative social impacts of the project.
The study report can be downloaded below.
