New Article looks at deep-sea mining decisions as related to the Deeds of Cession
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An article looking at deep-sea mining (DSM) and how decisions about the ocean are made for American Samoa focusing on the Deeds of Cession of 1900 and 1904 and









![Nuʻuuli High Chief Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono performs the christening of the new Manulele Tausala Lowrider II, cracking a young coconut against the hull during last Tuesday’s dedication ceremony in Utulei. “May you glide on the sea with God,” Soliai declared dramatically. [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau] Christening of the new Manulele Tausala Lowrider II](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_5283.jpg?itok=5T44uSHa)