By Journal on April 18, 2024
Caroline Fisheries Corporation, Funafuti, FV Marielle, Giff Johnson, Jin Hui 18, Marko Kamber, Nivaga3, Pan Pacific Foods, Tupa Taoa, Tuvalu, Wanjun "Young" Yang, Wanjun Yang
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![The FSM-flagged FV Marielle purse seiner issued a distress signal Saturday April 13 as it began taking on water. By Sunday morning, when the Marshall Islands-flagged Jin Hui 18 arrived at the distressed vessel in Tuvalu waters, the Marielle was slowly but surely sinking. It was abandoned as the crew was picked up by the Jin Hui 18. Photo: Jin Hui 18. Fishermen rescued by Majuro vessel](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Jin-Hui-4-19.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Twenty-two fishermen and one fisheries observer were rescued Sunday morning April 14 as their vessel was sinking in the South Pacific. The FV Marielle, a purse seine fishing vessel owned by the Caroline Fisheries Corporation in Micronesia, put out a distress signal Saturday night after one of its engines caught fire and the […]
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 December 23, 2021
32nd annual Christmas parade, Majuro Atoll Local Government, Mark Stege, Marshall Islands Chamber of Commerce, Pan Pacific Foods, Santa Claus, Wilmer Joel
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![Pan Pacific Foods laid on a team of Santas for the annual Christmas parade in Majuro last Saturday. PPF employees Dolly, holding elf CK, Jhong, Heltha and Gemma were geared up for the holiday spirit. Photo: Wilmer Joel. Santa’s parade a hit](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/c-parade-12-24.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
WILMER JOEL Santa hit town last Saturday to the delight of thousands of Majuro residents. Marshall Islands Chamber of Commerce 32nd annual Christmas parade in collaboration with Majuro Atoll Local Government brought Santa Claus to life, with candies by the thousand tossed out from the 13 decorated floats. The floats were supported by community based […]
By Journal on August 25, 2021
Caleb Joseph, David Kabua, Dr. Frank Underwood, Glen Joseph, Guam, KMI, Ladie Jack, Lomalo, MIMRA, MOHHS, National Disaster Committee, Palau, Pan Pacific Foods, Tia Belau
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![Three commercial tuna fishermen receive Covid vaccine shots August 20 in a dockside facility specially set up to vaccine fishing vessel crews. Photo: Caleb Joseph. Fishermen line up for shots](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sp-covid-8-27.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Last Friday’s resumption of Covid-19 vaccines for tuna boat fishermen “went smooth as planned,” according to MIMRA. The fisheries authority together with Ministry of Health and Human Services and the Ports Authority organized the re-start of the vaccine program for fishermen that was started in June, and then paused so public health teams could concentrate […]
By Journal on July 22, 2021
Glen Joseph, Helder Silva, MIMRA, Pan Pacific Foods, PII, PPF, Wanjun "Young" Yang, Wilmer Joel, World bank Pacific Region Oceanscape Program Funding
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![Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) held a special food safety certificate ceremony Tuesday at the agency’s Delap headquarters. MIMRA, industry pass ‘food’ test](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sp-MIMRA-67-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
WILMER JOEL Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) held a special food safety certificate ceremony Tuesday at the agency’s Delap headquarters. The awarding of certificates marks another step in Marshall Islands efforts to fully establish its new Competent Authority and to enable direct or indirect exports to the Europe Union, which is the world’s largest […]
By Journal on April 29, 2021
COVID-19, Pan Pacific Foods, PPF, Wanjun "Young" Yang
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![In this Journal file photo, two workers at Pan Pacific Foods loining plant in Majuro work on the production line. Photo: Giff Johnson. Covid issues for loining plant](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ppf-4-30.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
The Pan Pacific Foods tuna loining plant said it has a minimum of five supervisory personnel that it has to get to Majuro for the plant to get into full operation. PPF General Manager Wanjun “Young” Yang told the Journal last weekend that five of the plant’s key supervisors were out of RMI when the […]
By Journal on May 24, 2018
FV Lomalo, Glory Pacific No. 8, Karen Stewart, Pan Pacific Foods, US Coast Guard
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![US Ambassador Karen Stewart and her staff present an award to Pan Pacific Foods CEO Wanjun Yang and staff. US Coast Guard honors FV Lomalo](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Fl-coast-5-25.jpg?resize=555%2C280&ssl=1)
United States Ambassador to Marshall Islands Karen Stewart awarded the US Coast Guard’s Meritorious Public Service Award to the captain and crew of FV Lomalo last week at the Marshall Islands Resort for a rescue mission in 2015 that saved 36 fishermen from FV Glory Pacific No. 8 north of American Samoa. Pan Pacific Foods […]
By Journal on November 18, 2016
Billy Bunglick, car accidents, Jemelon Hosia, Leeky Pero, Pan Pacific Foods, Rairok, William Ring
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![The mangled car after it flipped over and landed in the driveway and security house of the Pan Pacific Foods fish plant in Delap early Sunday morning. Photo: William Ring. Weekend accidents in Majuro](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/PPF-crash-11-18.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Two separate car accidents over the weekend resulted in the death of a child and left a teenager confined in a bed at the surgical ward in Majuro hospital. Hospital records said a vehicle struck 10-year old Billy Bunglick at the Jable road in Rairok. The boy was considered “DOA” (dead on arrival) upon arriving […]