The US Army Corp of Engineers has given a preliminary permit for Samoa Tuna Processors to build a dock and seawall at its plant in American Samoa.
This was announced by the tuna company's parent, Tri Marine International, which says the final, fully executed permit will be provided in the coming days.
Substantial work and investment at Samoa Tuna Processors has already been completed and is ongoing.
Tri Marine says the new 5,000 metric ton capacity cold store was completed in April and is now being used to offload and store tuna delivered by fishing vessels based in American Samoa.
The fresh and frozen tuna processing plant to be used for processing premium quality tuna for the export market for sashimi, sushi and tuna steaks is well underway with completion expected in October of this year.
