The Marshall Islands Fishing Venture processing facility and dock in Delap is a hub of activity from early morning to late at night. Behind the scenes is a major coordination operation dovetailing the arrival of longline fishing boats with the Asia Pacific Airlines flight dates so that yellowfin and bigeye tuna can be offloaded on […]
The FISH4ACP project is working with tuna industry partners in the Marshall Islands to increase sustainability of water and energy used in fish processing as part of this nation’s action to meet UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 that centers around sustainable marine resource use. Energy and water assessments by the FISH4ACP project of four tuna […]
It’s a wrap! Local filmmaker and photographer Chewy Lin and his team recently finished filming a FISH4ACP film in collaboration with students from Life Skills Academy in Majuro. “We are so proud of our Life Skills Academy students who graduated from our media training with Chewy Lin and Wilmer Joel,” said Samantha Kies-Ryan, a member of […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) FISH4ACP program is working in close collaboration with MIMRA in support of the Marshall Islands strengthening its position as a tuna hub to create more jobs and income for the local economy. A key element of this fishery upgrading strategy is to increase containerization of frozen raw tuna for […]
HILARY HOSIA The Marshall Islands Fishing Venture fired two employees this week after learning the two initiated a strike last Friday that resulted in dozens of workers not showing up to work at the Delap fish base. The human resource office at MIFV estimated over 20 workers didn’t appear for work based on false information. […]
