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Aku! the History of Tuna Fishing in Hawaii and the Western Pacific
By Peter Wilson
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Peter Wilson has played a key role in the
development of the worlds largest and most
important tuna resource in the Western Pacifi c.
Aft er studying Japanese and Fisheries at the
University of Washingtons College of Fisheries he
became one of the initi al users of SCUBA gear for
commercial fi shing. He was then hired by Bumble
Bee Seafood Company to conduct fi sheries surveys
in Japan, Okinawa, Palau, Palmyra, French Frigate Shoals, Johnston Island,
Midway and elsewhere.
Aft er establishing arti fi cial reefs in Guam and using explosives to create
improved ocean circulati on in Tumon Bay for tourism development,
he was retained by the Micronesian governments to head up fi sheries
development for Palau, FSM and the Marshall Islands. During this period
he established the fi rst commercial tuna fi shing operati on in the Western
Pacifi c aft er WWII and dive industries in Palau and Truk (Chuuk).
He then went to Oman to prepare a Five Year Fisheries Development
Program and was then retained by FAO to serve as the Director of Fisheries
and Advisor to Government of Papua New Guinea for seven years to head
up their fi sheries operati ons,
He then created Global Ocean Consultants and was then selected by the
Republic of Maldives to establish a World Bank fi nanced tuna industry
on a small atoll with no harbor, housing, power or water. GOC provided
management and training services for fi ve years and during this period
established a profi table cannery, can manufacturing plant, fi shmeal plant
and brought producti on up to over 60 tons a day.
development of the worlds largest and most
important tuna resource in the Western Pacifi c.
Aft er studying Japanese and Fisheries at the
University of Washingtons College of Fisheries he
became one of the initi al users of SCUBA gear for
commercial fi shing. He was then hired by Bumble
Bee Seafood Company to conduct fi sheries surveys
in Japan, Okinawa, Palau, Palmyra, French Frigate Shoals, Johnston Island,
Midway and elsewhere.
Aft er establishing arti fi cial reefs in Guam and using explosives to create
improved ocean circulati on in Tumon Bay for tourism development,
he was retained by the Micronesian governments to head up fi sheries
development for Palau, FSM and the Marshall Islands. During this period
he established the fi rst commercial tuna fi shing operati on in the Western
Pacifi c aft er WWII and dive industries in Palau and Truk (Chuuk).
He then went to Oman to prepare a Five Year Fisheries Development
Program and was then retained by FAO to serve as the Director of Fisheries
and Advisor to Government of Papua New Guinea for seven years to head
up their fi sheries operati ons,
He then created Global Ocean Consultants and was then selected by the
Republic of Maldives to establish a World Bank fi nanced tuna industry
on a small atoll with no harbor, housing, power or water. GOC provided
management and training services for fi ve years and during this period
established a profi table cannery, can manufacturing plant, fi shmeal plant
and brought producti on up to over 60 tons a day.
Author
Peter Wilson
Peter Wilson lives in Sydney Australia.
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