23rd Annual Steinlager I‘a Lapo‘a Fishing Tournament opens with fleet of 15 boats
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first day of competition in the 23rd Annual Steinlager I‘a Lapo‘a Fishing Tournament got underway yesterday, launching a fleet of 15 boats into the open wat

![Paul Mellsop (second from right) and fellow crew members of the Grandee from New Zealand — one of four teams from the Land of the Long White Cloud — at the Malaloa Marina after completing the first day of competition in the 23rd Annual Steinlager I‘a Lapo‘a Fishing Tournament. [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau] CAPTAIN AND crew members of the Grandee from New Zealand](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_5719.jpg?itok=NNPfhOqT)
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