19 Jul 2019

The Marshalls plan to get more from the tuna fishery

From , 3:04 pm on 19 July 2019

The Marshall Islands fisheries department wants the country to earn much more from the Pacific's multi-billion dollar commercial tuna fishery.

One initiative, to gain access to the lucrative European Union market, has been long-desired by industry and the other is to gain a bigger piece of the tuna revenue pie.

Our correspondent in Majuro, Giff Johnson, told Don Wiseman what this entails.

Majuro is the world's busiest tuna transshipment port

Majuro is the world's busiest tuna transshipment port Photo: Giff Johnson