South Seas Tuna Corporation Limited is a tuna processing company with 1,750 employees and a 200-MT per day processing capacity. The processing facility is located in the town of Wewak, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Operations commenced in 2004 and SSTC produces frozen pre-cooked tuna loins for the international market, with skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna as the major species processed. SSTC is exporting frozen pre-cooked tuna loins overseas for canned/pouched tuna production. Fishmeal is also produced and exported for use as food for livestock and aquaculture as well as fertilizer additives. With its modern processing and cold storage facilities, maintaining quality of raw materials and finished goods is readily achievable.
