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PACIFIC FISHING COMPANY LIMITEDCompany Brief

OVERVIEW – BACKGROUND CONCEIVED as a socio-economic activity to reverse the effects of the

trade recession experienced in Levuka in the mid to late 50s.

JOINT INITIATIVE between Fiji Govt and Ministry of Trade and Industry in Japan at the time.

BECAME the 3rd Japanese fishing base in the Western Pacific specifically set up as a transshipment operation.

Fiji GOVERNMENT took control in 1987.

OBJECTIVE of PAFCO – Uplift economic growth and development of Ovalau Island.

PACIFIC FISHING COMPANY LIMITED

Company Brief

BRIEF HISTORY REGISTERED in 19th February 19631964 – Established as a Tuna Transshipment Port.1970 – Pilot Cannery processing 10MT Tuna per day. 1974 – New Cannery built – 15000MT per year.1976 – Started Operation.1978 – Can manufacturing plant built1980-1986 production increased to 35MT per day1980 – John West became main buyer in UK1984 – Sainsbury started buying PAFCO products.1999 – started processing cooked Loins for Bumble Bee

Foods

PACIFIC FISHING COMPANY LIMITEDCompany Brief

COMPANY PRODUCTS LOCAL MARKET: Sun Bell Canned Tuna Products and

Sun Bell Mackerel.

OFF-SHORE: Canned Tuna Products to selected buyers in the US and Europe (Clover Leaf Brand) Frozen Cooked Loins

By-Product: Fish Meal and Fish Oil

PACIFIC FISHING COMPANY LIMITEDCompany Brief

CURRENT WORKFORCE TOTAL OF MORE THAN 800 EMPLOYEES:

Management: 12 Salaried Staff: 34 Permanent Employees: 600(Hourly Paid) Pool Workers (Casuals): 200 (Hourly Paid)

More than 70% of the Workforce are Women.

2 x Unions for Hourly Paid employees and a Staff Association

PAFCO Waste Management Flow Chart

Receive fish scrap from Butcher and packing Room

Receive fish scraps from Butcher and Packing Room

DumperHopper

Spiral Conveyor

Crusher

Accumulative

Conveyor

Cook

er Press

Accu

mul

ative

Tan

k(W

ater

+ O

il)

Drier

Strainer

Hammer Mill Bagging

Storage

Transfer pipe

Fish OilTank 1

Tank 2

Tank 3

Storage

Storage

Storage

Shipping

Shipping

Hydraulic Jack to lift the bin

Fish Scrap Origin…Fish scraps or waste generated during the

production process is converted to by- product which is the fishmeal

The two major sources of scrap(fish waste) for fishmeal comes from:

1. Butchering- guts and roe removed from fish prior to precooking.

2. Skins, bones, red-meat and head-meat that comes from skinning and cleaning the precooked fish.

Viscera from all butchered fish is passed onto the gut conveyor which transfers the fish to the waste bin by the spiral conveyor.

Fish Scrap from Butcher:

Fish Scraps from Butcher

Fish Scrap from Packing Room:Fish waste are generated in the packing

room through the fish skinning and cleaning process

The waste generated are collected on portable trays and transferred to the hopper by a conveyor to a waste bin

Fish Scrap from Packing Room:

Fish Scrap from Packing Room:

Fish Scrap from Packing Room:

Processing of Fish waste to produce Fishmeal:

Fish waste received at fishmeal area are processed into fishmeal. Note, these are done under strict sanitary conditions to ensure a safe product for both local and export markets.

Final product – a

sample being

collected for lab

analysis

Fish Oil

Discharge Pipes on the sea-bed

Floaters

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