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Nov. 6 (UPI) — In American Samoa, the ocean is life — but that life is under siege.
The U.S. territory, marooned in the heart of the Pacific, faces a triple threat of climate change, industrial fishing and the rising push for deep-sea mining — forces that threaten to reshape its future.
For many...
HONOLULU — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is coming to American Samoa to hear directly from the people who know the ocean best — the local fishermen. Through a series of community meetings, the Council aims to gather first-hand insights about the changes being seen in...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaii’s $100 million tuna industry was the latest focal point for members of Congress trying to decide how to improve the main federal law governing the management of U.S. coastal waters.
Conservationists and commercial fishing industry leaders came together on the need to...