WestPac Science & Statistical Committee’s research priorities and climate resilience efforts
HONOLULU — The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council completed its review of several key fisheries science and management is

![WestPac Council- managed bottomfish species in American Samoa are not overfished and not being overfished, according to a scientific review. [photo: Amy Vandehey] bottomfish](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/bottomfish_not_overfished.png?itok=adDd43Gz)

![New York Times bestselling author Daniel Immerwahr, author of How to Hide an Empire, also presented and highlighted how the failure to recognize the significance of people in U.S. territories is not just a matter of history, but an issue that has ongoing consequences today as the White House considers territorial expansion to places like Greenland. [courtesy photo] New York Times bestselling author Daniel Immerwahr](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/daniel_immerwahrjpg.png?itok=A1AWfea7)






