Magnuson-Stevens act
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In February 2020, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) informed the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council about a change in stock status for the American Samoa bottomfish management unit species complex — from not overfished and not subject to...

![The Council at its 188th meeting will consider taking final action on the American Samoa Bottomfish Rebuilding Plan [SN file photo] Two men looking at bottom fish on board a boat](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/bottomfish_0.jpg?itok=hCf2OUqF)