A Tuna Industry in in Micronesia?

Wilson, Pete; Hezel, Francis X. (2007-03-10). [www.micsem.org/schools/index.htm. A Tuna Industry in in Micronesia?]. Micronesian Counselor (Report). Kolonia, Pohnpei: Micronesian Seminar. pp. 1–10.

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Abstract: The failures of Micronesian fishing industries during past years has convinced many island leaders that it is not possible to establish profitable island owned and managed tuna related industries in the Western Pacific. This is because years ago Micronesian leaders recognized the importance of establishing such industries and spent many millions of dollars building and operating them. However, their operations failed, costing the government millions of dollars they could ill afford.

So the islands nations are now content with taking whatever money they can get from fishing license fees and letting it go at that. Some fourteen island nations in the Pacific are receiving a total of $65 million in annual fishing license fees. FSM receives about $12 million a year and the Marshalls one million. Is this the most that Pacific nations can make from this rich resource? Let’s look at the tuna fishing industry in the Pacific once more and consider some of the possibilities...

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DOI: 10.1007/s11457-023-09352-9
OpenAlex: W4321435021
CorpusID: 257128829