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LVPA LAWSUIT

U.S District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal court in Honolulu has officially adjudicated a civil lawsuit, brought by the Territory of American Samoa — through ASG and the Governor’s Office — against federal defendants, including the U.S National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) dealing with the Large...
National Marine Fisheries Service logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US National Marine Fisheries Service is moving to implement a regulatory exemption that allows certain U.S. longline vessels, 50 feet and larger (large longline vessels) to fish in portions of the American Samoa’s Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) in territorial...
U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Federal attorneys representing the US National Marine Fisheries Service have asked the United States Supreme Court to deny a petition for a “writ of certiorari” by the Territory of American Samoa to review a federal appeal’s court ruling, which reversed a lower court...