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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The public hearing in American Samoa about U.S. plans to expand a Pacific marine sanctuary has failed to assuage fears of tuna cannery job losses and further economic decline in the territory, according to workers, business owners and political leaders.
After a decade...

![The community rallied in front of the Tauese P. Sunia Ocean Center where the NOAA public meeting was held to collect comments on the proposed expansion of the Pacific Remote Island Area (PRIA) marine sanctuary. A large contingent of StarKist Samoa workers were joined by members of the fishing community and other concerned residents, including Lt. Gov. Talauega E.V. Ale [photo: L. Poasa] Demonstation against expansion of PRIA](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_5178.jpg?itok=asR4qtG3)