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Final <strong>Report</strong>
RoO Derogation under the PACP-IEPA
Table 4.11 <strong>Report</strong>ed environmental issues associated with tuna processing plants in PNG
Plant Operational details Nature of complaints Company response
RD Tuna Canners
Siar, Madang
RD Fishing,
Vidar fish port,
Madang
Frabelle Cannery
Lae
South Sea Tuna
Corporation
Wewak
Malahang
Industrial Estate
Lae
Canning, loining and
fishmeal;
western side of Madang
Lagoon, several kms from
the water/shoreline)
Fish port for the Siar
cannery, cold storage and
small value-added
processing plant
Canning, loining and
fishmeal;
Located in Lae town on
foreshore
Loining, previously canning
Located on Wewak
foreshore, adjacent to main
wharf
Existing value-added plant
(Frescomar) and location of
additional canneries in
future;
several km inland
<strong>Report</strong>s of repeated
odours from plant, and
pollution of local stream
which flows through Siar
village.
Various reports from
local communities of oil
spills, bilge pumping,
waste disposal, fish
discards, dead fish
floating, odours,
inorganic waste disposal.
Also claims of depletion
of local fish resources
and other environmental
impacts (e.g. ship
grounding).
Few reports of
environmental issues
No issues
known/reported
No issues
known/reported
Sources: interviews, eNGOs, canning company representatives 2011.
Company has a WMP
(current being updated) and
a state of the art waste
water treatment plant with
very low BOD outflow
Inorganic solid waste
recycled or disposed of in
designated areas (e.g.
landfill)
Company has a WMP and
company policy which
forbids discharging of oil,
waste and pollution in the
Vidar port area.
Organic waste disposed of
at sea
Company has a WMP.
Inorganic solid waste
recycled or disposed of in
designated areas (e.g.
landfill)
Company has WMP and air
pollution controls;
contracted sludge disposal
at sea
Inorganic solid waste
recycled or disposed of in
designated areas (e.g.
landfill)
Environmental permit
approved for Majestic
Seafoods, and WMP.
It is generally difficult to assess these concerns in the absence of detailed information or quantitative
data.
It is also clear that DEC does not take an active role in monitoring environmental risks, a situation
exacerbated by the absence of staff at provincial level, with travel from Port Moresby usually
involved with any monitoring activity or investigation of alleged breaches. It seems probable that
DEC is under-resourced to discharge the range of obligations in environmental monitoring
associated with the fish processing plants and ports.
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