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StarKist employees in class at ASCC
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — They are not your regular college students. Pictured are employees of StarKist Samoa who have taken over the ASCC campus in the evenings since Oct. 2, 2023. StarKist clerks, administrators, IT employees, electricians, security officers and fish cleaners are taking night...
Area proposed for Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than 1,200 StarKist Samoa cannery workers have signed a petition, which voices their opposition to the federal proposal for marine sanctuary designation for the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PIRA) — a move that would expand the Pacific Remote Island Marine National...
STARKIST SAMOA PLANT
Apia, SAMOA — There could be employment for Samoans in the neighboring country of American Samoa as the StarKist fish processing plant looks for workers. This is following labor mobility issues that were raised during the Atoa o Samoa talks..  A report by the Samoa Press Secretariat on Thursday...
starkist light tuna
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On behalf of StarKist Co., US-base registered dietitian Laura M. Ali, wrote in support of the U.S Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposed updates to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food packages, specifically the expansion of seafood to children and adult food...
EO, Chae-Ung Um
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a brief statement issued yesterday morning from the headquarters in Reston, Virginia, StarKist Co., confirmed that its president and chief executive officer, Chae-Ung Um will visit American Samoa tomorrow, Thursday, Mar. 30. Um, on his first visit to the territory as...
Purse Seiner vessels in Pago harbor
Honolulu, HAWAII — Pacific leaders are developing a new warning system, not against hurricanes, tsunamis or even erupting volcanoes but rather the looming departure of vital tuna from their territorial waters in the years to come. That so-called “advanced warning system” is part of a larger, $70...
Pago Pago Harbor
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was rushed to the hospital Friday afternoon after he was bitten by shark near the StarKist dock. This was confirmed by Captain Ina Ulberg of the Marine Patrol in response to questions from Samoa News.    According to Emergency Medical Services technicians, the...
NUS Vice Chancellor and President Aiono Professor Alec Ekeroma
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Starkist Samoa is targeting students graduating from Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) at the National University of Samoa (NUS). Samoa’s government owned newspaper reported that a partnership to formalize employment opportunities between the Starkist...
StarKist observing Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa plant director Mr. Injoo Ha (second from left) helps Mrs. Fuamatala Taumaoe, the longest serving employee of StarKist of 44 years, light one of five candles in memory of those who have suffered or lost their lives due to domestic violence. Looking on are...
ATA logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Tunaboat Association (ATA) “strongly opposes” the U.S National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed rule that eliminates its use of a combined purse seine effort limit in the “Effort Limit Area for Purse Seine” (ELAPS), and creates two separate limits of...

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