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Effort Limit Area for Purse Seine (ELAPS)

American Tunaboat Assn logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S based, American Tunaboat Association (ATA) has taken their concerns over a proposed rule impacting the U.S purse seiner fleet based in American Samoa, to the Permanent Advisory Committee (PAC) at the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries...
Taotasi Archie Soliai
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Marine and Wildlife Department director, Taotasi Archie Soliai is speaking out about the importance high seas fishing rights for US flagged purse seiners that are based in American Samoa and voiced his concerns that reduction of high-seas fishing days will hurt the local...
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “The long-term survivability of the cannery is a key motivation for the positions that we take” during “difficult negotiation” for fishing days at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). This is according to NOAA fisheries deputy assistant for...
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Taotasi Archie Soliai (left) accepting his ‘ava cup, In the background (L-R) are: Lt. Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga, Council executive director Seuta’atia Kitty M. Simonds, and Secretary of Samoan Affairs, Mauga Tasi Asuega.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga has called on the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to “pay close attention to our cries” to come up with “immediate solutions to American Samoa’s...