CONTENTS

SPECIAL PNG YEARBOOK FISHERIES FEATURE

Tuna – a regional Pacific perspective                         110

Healthy trends in PNG’s fisheries sector                      112

Fisheries Authority strives for high standards             115

PNG’s robust tuna industry                                       122

Lobsters are migratory                                              126

Prawn industry is a K10 million business                     128

Commercial sea cucumber species in PNG                  132

 FORESTRY

Evolving global and PNG forest policies                     135

 AGRICULTURE

Global trends impact PNG coffee growers’                 139

 INDUSTRY

Processing lessons from coffee sector                       143

 ENVIRONMENT

“Trees for Survival” – a national school
project                                                                   155

 GOOD GOVERNANCE

Ombudsman Commission’s growing
role                                                                        156

TOURISM

Kokoda Trail –rugged and sensational                     159

 FINANCIAL SECTOR

Government and private sector focus
on development                                                     157

 SPORTS

Sporting heroes make grade for
Athens Olympics                                                    164

 MAPS

Port Moresby                                                        167 – 169

Lae, Goroka, Mt Hagen,
Rabaul/Kokopo, Madang                                       170 – 174

 STATISTICS

Key facts about Papua New Guinea                        175

Demographics                                                       176

Health & Religion                                                   177

Education                                                             178

Tourism                                                                179

Literacy & Crime                                                   180

Economics & Gross Domestic Product                    181

National Budget                                                    182

Exports & Imports                                                183

Trade & Commodities                                           184

Maps

Statistics

Cover picture: The Hiri Moale festival in Port Moresby is among the highlights of the country’s Independence Day celebrations on September 16. This will be on a grander scale in 2005 – the 30^th independence anniversary