About one month ago I received through the contact form a small note from Gene Burdyshaw, where he mentioned that he had transferred part of their videos from the 8 mm format to DVD and wanted to share with us (read Tunaseiners.com) these scenes. A difficult proposition to reject, so I wrote him and asked hime to send me the DVD, which very kindly did a few days ago.
Archive for the ‘Letters’ Category
Video – Gene Burdyshaw
On December - 25 - 2009
My father the fisherman
On October - 15 - 2009
We want to thank John Castagnola for sharing with us this wonderfull video, a tribute from a son to his fisherman father.
The movie: My Father the Fisherman by John Mangiapane Jr you can see here in its original page following this link: http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi1209467673/
Samoa will overcome tragedy
On October - 3 - 2009
Dear Readers:
A few lines to express my deep sorrow at the tragedy which has happened in Pago Pago, American Samoa and other islands and nearby territories in the South Pacific, a hundred deaths in Pago Pago saddened this beautiful place and working people.
In www.tunaseiners.com we have been providing coverage in recent months to the worrying events that are happening there, with the closure of Chicken of the Sea and possible leave of StarKist, there is no doubt that these departures generate uncertainty among population whose economy is based on the tuna business: processing and extraction. The approaching scenario with the impending closure of Chicken of the Sea on September 30 (just past) and the possible departure of StarKist definitely bring serious consequences to the Samoan island.
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Minimum wage barrier
On June - 27 - 2009
By Carlos Sanchez
An open letter to Congressman Faleomavaega and the people of American Samoa:
Before the announcement by COS of their departure from the territory, I sent numerous letters to the editor about the impact of the minimum wage increases including the possible closure of the canneries. Furthermore, about a year and a half ago, in a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, I made comments in detail of how the canneries left California when the minimum wages reached $5.25 and how the same happened in Puerto Rico when their wages also reached $5.25. Now with the new world economy, the wage proximity to the $5.00 level did it here for American Samoa.
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Looking for tuna captains
On May - 6 - 2009
We would like to announce we received yesterday a request of experienced fishing skippers by the mexican company Pesca Azteca, as we provide some private info to the Pesca Azteca representative, we like to inform to all the fishing community about the recent Tunaseiners Job Board installed in our site, where you can find in the details the Pesca Azteca request and contact info, feel free to navigate and participate of the survey.
Pirate restricted area
On April - 20 - 2009
Our friend Gilles wrote us from the Indian Ocean area and send us what seems to be a Somalian pirate influence area map, as he indicate the purple color marked area in the map is the zone to be avoided, this zone include part of the Arabian Sea, the entrance to the Gulf of Aden, and close to Seychelles and Madagascar.
Gilles complains about the safety risks of operating in this area, which has obviously impacted on levels of capture of the Spanish and French tuna fleet operating in this area of the Indian Ocean.
Some of the crew of the Via Avenir, working in the Indian Ocean
