By Journal on April 12, 2024
Majuro fish base, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, MIMRA, sashimi, sashimi grade tuna, Ting Hong
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![Ting Hong going going Ting Hong going going](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/twF-4-12-24.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Journal 4/10/1987 P17 Chamber debate sparkedLast week’s announcement of a new gross revenue tax law sparked debate during Monday’s Chamber of Commerce meeting, with the Chamber agreeing that it will look into the possibility of filing a constitutional challenge to the legislation. Several businesses expressed concern that the law had been passed by Nitijela without […]
By Journal on March 14, 2024
Ann MacDonald, APIC, Association for Promotion of International Cooperation, Bryant Zebedy, Giff Johnson, Jack Chong Gum, James Myazoe, Japan Embassy in the Marshall Islands, Jikit Rufus, MIMRA, Nover Juria, Toshinori Shigeie, Won Hai Shien
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![MIMRA Coastal Fisheries official Bryant Zebedy presents a Marshallese handicraft to Japan Ambassador Toshinori Shigeie, the president of the Association for Promotion of International Cooperation. APIC supports a range of leadership and study programs for Marshallese and citizens of Palau and the FSM. Photo: Giff Johnson. APIC visits, hosts reunion](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/APIC-3-15.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The President of Japan’s Association for Promotion of International Cooperation led a delegation to Majuro in late February, hosting Marshall Islands participants of APIC programs to a reunion dinner. Japan Ambassador Toshinori Shigeie, APIC’s president, presided over a dinner at Won Hai Shien for a mixed group of local people who had attended various APIC-sponsored […]
By Journal on January 18, 2024
Hilary Hosia, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, MIMRA, Papua New Guinea, RMI-flagged, Taiwan-flagged, tuna transshipment, Tuvalu
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![A tuna unloading in progress at Delap Dock for the nearby Pan Pacific Foods processing plant. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Tuna operations strong in 2023](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mimra-1-19.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Tuna transshipments in Majuro in 2023 increased over the previous year, nearly breaking the 300 mark. The year end strong with 32 transshipments in December — often a slow month, but now this past year. This included 31 transshipments to carrier vessels in the lagoon and one unloading at dock side for freezer container export. […]
By Journal on December 21, 2023
FAO, FISH4ACP, Marshall Islands Fishing Venture, MIMRA, Pan Pacific Foods, Sergio Bolasina
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![FAO-provided refrigeration expert worked with local technicians during a freezer container maintenance training in Majuro in early December. Photo: Sergio Bolasina. Training for increasing tuna landings](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/FISH4ACP-12-22.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
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 […]
By Journal on November 23, 2023
FISH4ACP, Glen Joseph, MIMRA, Pacific International Inc., Pacific tuna hub, Pan Pacific Foods
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![Meeting at MIMRA: Representatives of tuna processing companies, consultants, MIMRA staff, and facilitators of the FISH4ACP tuna transshipment project met last Thursday at the MIMRA HQ to discuss two new reports that offer pathways to dramatically increase the economic impact of the large and ongoing tuna transshipment operation in Majuro. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Pacific tuna hub? Investment needed](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biz-11-24-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Two studies about the Marshall Islands by the global fish value chain development initiative FISH4ACP show that investing in cold storage facilities and tuna loading equipment can transform the Marshall Islands into a hub for tuna containerization, boosting economic growth and employment, while managing the environmental impact. “Tuna accounts for nearly all fisheries production and […]
By Journal on September 21, 2023
Asia Foundation, attorney general, Hilary Hosia, Human Trafficking cases, Lometo Philippo, MIMRA, RMI government+, US Embassy
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![Representatives of the Attorney General’s office, the US Embassy, the Asia Foundation and others gathered for the launch of the RMI AG steps up trafficking action](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CTIP-9-22.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
A low-key launch by the Attorney General could have big implications for oversight of trafficking in persons. Last week, US Embassy officials joined with representatives of the Asia Foundation and the Attorney General’s office for the official launch ceremony of RMI’s Legal Case Management System for Human Trafficking cases. The launch was emceed by Assistant Attorney […]
By Journal on September 21, 2023
Glen Joseph, Global Climate Fund, Laurence Edwards II, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, Micronesian Conservation Trust, MIMRA, Willy Kostka
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![At the signing ceremony, from left: MIMRA Director Glen Joseph, MIMRA Legal Counsel Laurence Edwards, II, and Micronesia Conservation Trust Executive Director Willy Kostka. MIMRA to get climate boost](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mct-mimra-9-22.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The Micronesia Conservation Trust took a significant step toward bolstering climate resilience in the Northern Pacific Small Island Developing States with the signing of climate-related subsidiary agreements on last week. These agreements were linked with the Palau Protected Areas Network Fund and the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) to serve as executing entities for […]
By Journal on January 26, 2023
Covid, El Niño, Glen Joseph, Hilary Hosia, La Niña, MIMRA, Papua New Guinea, rebound, Solomon Islands, tuna
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![With Covid border restrictions a thing of the past, MIMRA fisheries observers are now back on purse seiners, both at sea during fishing trips and monitoring unloading of tuna at dockside, as shown in this Journal pre-Covid file photo. Photo: Hilary Hosia. MIMRA sees tuna rebound](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Tuna-biz-1-27-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON MIMRA records show that tuna transshipment in Majuro rebounded following the disastrous first year of Covid in 2020, when transshipment plummeted by 60 percent compared to the year before. “Are they coming back?” MIMRA Director Glen Joseph asked rhetorically about the purse seine transshipment operations. “Yes, but a review of the data shows […]
By Journal on January 12, 2023
David Kabua, JICA, KAJUR, Kitlang kabua, Mike Kabua, MIMRA, Takei Shunsuke, Ukai Hikoyuki
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![Japan State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takei Shunsuke top center (in blue shirt) was welcomed at a dinner at the Marshall Islands Resort Tuesday night by Marshall Islands President David Kabua, fourth from right, and Foreign Minister Kitlang Kabua, third from left. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Japan minister’s high-profile visit](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/japan-1-13.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
EVE BURNS The visit by Japan State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takei Shunsuke heralded a series of signing ceremonies Tuesday at President David Kabua’s office for Japan aid projects. The ceremony was short, swift and on Japanese time. The signing involved two Grant Aid Projects implemented by JICA: Project for Water Improvement for Majuro, which […]
By Journal on October 27, 2022
Covid, FSM vessels, Jojo Kramer, Marshall Islands vessels, MIMRA, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, PII dock, Taiwan fishing boats, Tuna movement remains slow
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![A purse seiner unloading tuna into freezer containers at the PII dock in Majuro. Photo: Jojo Kramer. Tuna movement remains slow](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Biz-tuna-10-27-22.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Tuna transshipments continued at a slow pace in September. But the 14 conducted last month pushed the annual total to date over 200 — the second year in a row showing a rebound from the Covid-impacted 2020, when transshipments fell from over 400 a year to 175. With the 14 in September, Majuro has now […]