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Tri Marine Executives to Attend WCPFC3 in Apia,
Samoa
Important Annual Meeting will Focus on Fishery Conservation and
Management
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 8 DECEMBER, 2006
The third regular session of the Commission for the Conservation
and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and
Central Pacific Ocean (WCPFC3) will be held in Apia, Samoa from
Monday 11 December through Friday 15 December. The venue of the
meeting will be the National University of Samoa.
The Commission’s most important work will be to establish
means of conserving and managing the tuna stocks of the Western
and Central Pacific. This is especially now that the Scientific
Committee of the Commission has recommended a reduction in the catch
of yellowfin and bigeye by 10% and 25%, respectively.
There is strong opposition to any reduction in fishing effort by
some of the parties to the Convention. Tri Marine favors reasonable
measures to manage the fishery for long term sustainability. Click
here to read Tri Marine’s policy statement for the preservation
of a sustainable tuna fishery in the Western and Central Pacific
Ocean.
Joe Hamby, managing director of the Tri Marine International (Pte)
Ltd., will attend the meetings as part of the delegation of the
United States. Phil Roberts, director of Tri Marine operations,
Adrian Wickham, general manager of National Fisheries Developments,
and Nick Solomon, Tri Marine’s representative in the Federated
States of Micronesia will also attend.
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Background on Tri Marine
Tri Marine is a tuna supply company with focus on supply of tuna
and tuna products to the leading brands of tuna. It has offices
in 14 countries and processing activities in plants located strategically
around the world. Its tuna purse seiners operate in the Western
Pacific and the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Tri Marine was formed
in Singapore in 1972. Since then the company has grown to be one
of the largest tuna supply companies in the world. Tri Marine is
privately owned.
Contact
Joe Hamby
jhamby@TriMarinegroup.com
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