The South Pacific Tuna Corporation (SPTC), a major player in the US-flagged tuna fleet based in the US territory of American Samoa, will sell eight purse seiners and lay off a dozen captains by year-end, the company said. The company will also make cuts at its corporate office in San Diego, California, as it cuts its fleet to six vessels….
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US operator to slash Pacific tuna fleet, citing lack of gov’t support
