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Chinese fishing firm lands tuna for American Samoa canners

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A leading Chinese fishing company is offloading tuna catches in American Samoa in order to reduce the costs of transporting it back to China. The ‘Ping Tai Rong Cheng 2’ vessel called last month at American Samoa to unload tuna catches, according to an executive at the...

Fish supply remains a big challenge for StarKist

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fish supply shortages remain a challenge at StarKist Samoa, which has encountered the same issues over the last two years, continuing into the first quarter of this year, according to company official Taotasi Archie Soliai, who told last week’s meeting of the Western...

Rendering of proposed new Fono Building [SN file photo]

Faipule says quit talking about nonsense issues, cut to the chase

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Manu’a #2 Faipule, Rep. Toeaina Faufano Autele told the House of Representatives last week that there are many essential issues lawmakers should bring to the Fono’s attention for discussion, instead of wasting their time talking about nonsense issues, over which they...

Starkist president and chief executive officer, Andrew Choe [SN file photo]

Am Samoa now waiting for share of multi-million-dollar decision

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has approved the consent decree, which was also entered as final judgment that resolves a complaint by the governments of the United States and American Samoa against US based StarKist Company and its StarKist Samoa cannery...

Federal Court approves StarKist fine to feds and American Samoa

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has approved a consent decree, which resolves a complaint by the governments of the United States and American Samoa against US based StarKist Company and its StarKist Samoa cannery in Pago Pago. The decree was approved and...