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am samoa purse seiner fleet

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Honolulu, HAWAII — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) have concluded the Hawai‘i deep-set longline and American Samoa longline fisheries are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of Endangered Species Act-listed species...
Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga has urged the U.S National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to use its “inherent discretion” to grant an exemption to high seas limits for purse seiner vessels based in American Samoa, whose economy is dependent on the cannery — which is the...