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PNG minister: Rebate scheme will boost local tuna processing, foreign fishing firms not happy

Patrick Basa, the country’s minister of fisheries and marine resources, defends rebate scheme which foreign firms say is forcing them to close plants 

By Matilde Mereghetti | May 31, 2018 01:29 BST
Patrick Basa, PNG’s minister of fisheries and marine resources, together with other countries' fishing authorities at the Bangkok world tuna conference, May 2018
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