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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Governor Arnold Palacios commended Western Pacific Fisheries Council and American Samoa US Delegate Uifa'atali Amata Radewagen for persuading President Donald Trump to sign an executive order restoring for Pacific Island communities the...

![U.S. Delegate Amata Coleman Radewagen (left) of American Samoa joins President Donald Trump as he signs a proclamation in the Oval Office at the White House on April 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. The proclamation expands fishing rights in the Pacific Islands to an area he described as three times the size of California. [Photo: AFP / Win MCNAMEE] Amata with Trump and others](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_with_trump_copy.jpg?itok=LLYiKOtT)