The global production-consumption of canned tuna is not stagnant. Rather, it is constantly
evolving, both responding to, and driving, policy and industrial change. While processors
seek to secure their current interests, they are at once planning for their commercial
survival by monitoring policy and market dynamics and adjusting their corporate strategies
accordingly. Currently, three market dynamics are in flux, and their outcomes have real
potential to override industrial development in Pago Pago. These are, in turn: preference
erosion, the decline of the US DWF, and the role of minimum wage legislation.