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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the U.S. government prepares to auction off slices of the seabed in federal waters, experts, including the former director of the federal agency overseeing deep-sea mining, say the regulations that would govern this activity are outdated and lack important oversight...
Dear Government & Community Leaders on Deep Seabed Mining
My name is Frankie Toluao, a twelfth-grade student at the Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School, and I am writing to share my concerns about deep-seabed mining and why I believe it is harmful to our people, heritage, and environment...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from investors, stock prices have soared and federal regulators have raced to fast-track a permitting process...
As a candidate for the United States House of Representatives representing the territory of American Samoa, a citizen of the United States of America, local resident of American Samoa, and a military combat veteran who has dedicated more than 15 years to defending this nation in multiple combat...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A major review of 50 years of data warning that deep-sea mining could cause long-lasting damage to Pacific marine ecosystems has reinforced the Cook Islands' cautious approach to seabed minerals exploration, according to Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) commissioner...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Pulaali’i Nikolau Pula has established the Deep-Sea Minerals Steering Committee, according to a letter posted on a social media site by sabrinakelani. The letter is addressed to Cabinet Members, signed by the governor, and is dated May 7, 2026.
Samoa News was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The leaders of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam are seeking a moratorium on deep-sea mining in the Marianas.
CNMI governor David Apatang and Guam governor Lou Leon Guerrero also want to see refroms at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A message posted on social media is criticizing the grant award that the Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior Katherine MacGregor announced during her American Samoa Flag Day speech on April 17, 2026. The award of $270,000 she said is to the American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An article looking at deep-sea mining (DSM) and how decisions about the ocean are made for American Samoa focusing on the Deeds of Cession of 1900 and 1904 and how decisions about our ocean are still connected to those agreements has recently been published in the ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week, Pacific leaders flocked to Honolulu in hopes of making a deal with the United States.
The "Pacific Agenda" investment summit was followed with a visit of US officials to Tonga, Fiji and Samoa. Leading them was Christopher Landau, deputy to Marco Rubio.
Among a...