Question

What is the main reason Pacific Island countries earn significantly less from tuna fishing than foreign nations in the same waters?

(1 point)
Responses

Focusing primarily on local subsistence fishing.
Focusing primarily on local subsistence fishing.

Depleting the available tuna populations.
Depleting the available tuna populations.

Lacking infrastructure and sufficient investment.
Lacking infrastructure and sufficient investment.

Facing strict international fishing regulations.
Facing strict international fishing regulations.

Answer 1

Lacking infrastructure and sufficient investment.

This limits their ability to catch, process, and add value locally, so foreign fleets and processors capture most of the revenue.