FISHING RIGHTS LAWSUIT
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa government was dealt a setback Friday when the Ninth Circuit Court reversed a decision that blocks large fishing vessels from fishing in a zone around the territory known as the Large Vessel Protected Area (LVPA).
In 2016, the government of American...

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