PURSE SEINER VESSELS
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An Administration bill was introduced in first reading before the Senate on Monday when it reconvened.
The proposed bill would grant the Department of Port Administration authority to issue porting/ landing licenses for purse seiner vessels.
“The Department of Port...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At last week’s Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council meeting, Council members discussed the importance of maintaining tuna supply to the StarKist cannery in American Samoa, which relies heavily on tuna brought in from U.S.-flagged purse seiners.
The Council...