paper to the untad workshop commodity based development in pacific island countries nadi september 18 19 20 2001 capture of national and local sustainable benefits from marine resources by colin hunt research institute papua new guinea ____________________ i industrial fisheries this first section concentrates on tuna given that it is far most important catching processing marketing are a global scale fleets distant water nations dominate all world s oceans while half supply caught only relatively small proportion catch processed region harvesting for fresh consumption as economically canning industry market dominated japan includes us hawaii korea involvement markets increasing low base economies contribution economy fishing fish pi varies greatly depending comparative advantage solomon islands has