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Fisheries industry takes new tack

1 May 2012 by Leave a Comment
Papua New Guinea’s fisheries sector is responding to the demands of its global market. ‘Tuna exporting is no longer a pricing game: it’s now all about sustainability and traceability,’ says the Managing Director of R D Tuna, Pete Celso. R D Tuna, PNG’s largest canning company, is currently being considered for accreditation under the Marine Stewardship Council’s sustainability and traceability […]
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Province in Focus: Western Province

1 May 2012 by 4 Comments
The sky is the limit as Papua New Guinea’s remotest province sets off on a remarkable course of sustainable development. Also unofficially referred to as Fly River Province, PNG’s largest province by area is also one of its least developed. Vast, remote and with a population density of less than two people per square kilometre […]
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Barramundi project spawns opportunity

1 Mar 2012 by Leave a Comment
The 28 million kina (US$12.7 million) Western Province Sustainable Aquaculture Project is the first sustainable fisheries project to be delivered in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province and it incorporates public, private and community partnerships with a strong regional development focus. Located next to Daru Airport, its main site includes a barramundi hatchery, storage, administration building […]
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Sport fishing

1 Mar 2012 by Leave a Comment
Ian Middleton, Ok Tedi Development Foundation’s CEO and a keen fisherman, describes the unique pleasure of sports fishing in Papua New Guinea’s remote Western Province. The Western Province of Papua New Guinea is amongst the last few pristine wildernesses on this earth, a diverse habitat comprising unique flora and fauna species, many endemic to the […]
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Mainland Holdings: A diversified business with bite

1 May 2009 by 10 Comments
One of Papua New Guinea’s more colourful enterprises, Mainland Holdings, operates the world’s largest saltwater crocodile farm. But, as Business Advantage discovered on a recent visit to its Lae base, that is just one business unit in a rapidly-increasing portfolio. Looking at Mainland Holdings today, it’s hard to believe that this company began as a […]
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