Papua New Guinea working to overhaul its fisheries sector with reforms, 10-year roadmap

The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is working to overhaul the country’s fisheries sector as part of a series of reforms designed to achieve national status as a high-income, manufacturing economy by 2045.PNG Prime Minister James Marape is pushing to “ensure the region and other Pacific island countries gain maximum benefit from their resources” through a transformation from being an exporter of raw resources into a manufacturer, according to PNG Business News. This vision involves a push toward downstream processing of the region’s marine resources, especially tuna, and efforts to have smaller Pacific Island countries send their tuna to PNG for processing.“To make this leap from exporting raw resources to building a manufacturing-based economy, we must secure critical enablers like affordable and reliable electricity, accessible internet, and vital infrastructure such as ports and jetties. We need to reorganize our towns and cities, revamp our education system to prepare our ...