{"id":20240,"date":"2024-04-22T13:57:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=20240"},"modified":"2024-04-22T13:59:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:59:06","slug":"us-congress-considers-600-million-to-boost-u-s-tuna-fisheries-in-south-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/04\/22\/us-congress-considers-600-million-to-boost-u-s-tuna-fisheries-in-south-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Considers $600 million to Boost U.S.&#8217; Tuna Fisheries in South Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While renewing its exclusive access to south Pacific tuna fisheries, the US Congress was from April 8, 2024 considering<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafoodsource.com\/news\/supply-trade\/us-pacific-island-states-reach-agreement-on-2024-tuna-access\">\u00a0$600 million\u00a0<\/a><\/u>in assistance to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the finances come through, they will nearly triple United States\u2019 yearly contribution to the treaty, to $60 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The funds will be utilized between 2024 and 2034 to help American islands such as Hawaii increase their tuna production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Manu Tupou-Roosen, the Director General of Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), this agreement will also help fight illegal fishing. He said this in a statement on the sidelines of the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of the treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On his part, the U.S. State Department Assistant Secretary Daniel Kritenbrink praised the treaty as a \u201ccornerstone\u201d of regional economic partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-important-source-of-u-s-tuna\"><strong>Important Source of U.S. Tuna<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The south Pacific is an important fishery for the U.S., as it abounds with\u00a0<a href=\"#google_vignette\"><u>yellowfin and albacore tuna<\/u><\/a>\u00a0species. Hence, the United States signed a treaty in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/pacific-islands\/international-affairs\/south-pacific-tuna-treaty\"><u>1988<\/u><\/a>\u00a0with 16 Pacific countries and islands, from Fiji to Australia, for exclusive fishing rights. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, the U.S.\u2019 territories of Hawaii, American Samoa and Guam partly accounted for some\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/species\/pacific-skipjack-tuna\">$860,000\u00a0<\/a><\/u>derived from Pacific skipjack tuna catches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-renewed-interest-in-fishing\"><strong>Renewed Interest in Fishing<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The renewal of the treaty, inclusive of financial assistance, will recoup the interest in the fisheries of the region by fishing companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July 2019, for instance, the South Pacific Tuna Corporation reported a reduction of its purse seine fishing boats by 50%. This was in protest of the lack of ratification by the U.S. of the then 3-decade old treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. fishes in the South Pacific through the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iss-foundation.org\/tuna-stocks-and-management\/tuna-fishing\/fishing-methods\/purse-seine\/\"><u>purse seine<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;method, which employs a long line with a deep sea net. Because it angles fish only when they are in large schools, the method helps to maintain sustainability in the seas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, with the recent ratification of an extra 10 years into the treaty, the U.S. and Pacific countries are showing sustainability commitment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While renewing its exclusive access to south Pacific tuna fisheries, the US Congress was from April 8, 2024 considering\u00a0$600 million\u00a0in assistance to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty. 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