exclusive economic zone
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal official recently confirmed that seabed mining near American Samoa would take place in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) — waters beyond the 3-mile limit, under U.S. federal control.
That may be what the law says. But does that mean American Samoa has no say?...
WASHINGTON — NOAA Ship Rainier is continuing it’s Pacific exploration in a mission called RICHARD, which stands for Rainier Integrates Charting Hydrography and Reef Demographics, a collaboration between NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Ocean Acidification Program, and...