StarKist Co. president and CEO Andrew Choe
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Co. has requested an increase in the guest worker permit program to help meet labor shortage issues at the StarKist Samoa cannery, according to a Governor’s Office news release following a courtesy visit to Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga by StarKist Co., president and...

![[l-r] Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga; StarKist Co., president and CEO Andrew Choe; StarKist Samoa plant manager Injoo Ha and Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale pose for a photo on Aug. 24 at the Governor’s Office. [photo: Gov’s Office] [l-r] Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga; StarKist Co., president and CEO Andrew Choe; StarKist Samoa plant manager Injoo Ha and Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov_n_starkist_001_.jpg?itok=7y_B8DKO)