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Starkist’s American Samoa plant risks 2,000 job losses without tuna deliveries

The lack of tuna arriving for processing at US company's American Samoa cannery has become desperate, with the firm warning there could be thousands of job losses by next week

By Undercurrent News | Aug. 12, 2015 09:46 BST
Tuna boats in port, American Samoa, 2009. Credit: Dr. Matt Kendall, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA/BGB.
Tuna boats in port, American Samoa, 2009. Credit: Dr. Matt Kendall, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA/BGB.
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The lack of tuna arriving for processing at US company Starkist's American Samoa cannery has become desperate, with the firm warning there could be thousands of job losses by next week, reports Radio NZ [...]

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