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Australia’s last tuna cannery faces the end

The plant, which was Australia's last tuna cannery when it stopped processing tuna in 2010, was unable to find new contracts beyond mid-June and will need to lay off staff

By Undercurrent News | April 7, 2021 09:24 BST
Vessel unloads tuna catch in Cairns, Australia. Credit: sirtravelalot/Shutterstock.com
Vessel unloads tuna catch in Cairns, Australia. Credit: sirtravelalot/Shutterstock.com
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Port Lincoln Tuna Processors (PLTP), on the Eyre Peninsula, in South Australia, has not been offered any new business opportunities beyond the end of its current contract, which expires mid-June, ABC reported [...]

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