Endangered Species
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's members of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) and their Advisory Chairman for American Samoa have expressed strong opposition to the federal government's proposed listing of certain species of giant clams as endangered or...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has proposed listing 10 giant clam species as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
This proposal follows lengthy discussion after a 2016 petition. NMFS’s status review suggests listing five species...