Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Counci
Honolulu, HAWAII — With China vying for greater influence in the Pacific, concerns over food security amid the current supply chain crisis and inflation, the importance of fisheries to the people of the Western Pacific Region has never been so apparent, according to information from the Western...

![For American Samoa, where tuna fisheries contribute to one third of the total workforce, mostly through a StarKist cannery, and 90% of exports the Council has recommended recognizing American Samoa’s U.S.-flagged purse seiners that call Pago Pago home as a distinct fleet, which would afford them benefits as a Small Island Developing State and Participating Territory (SIDS/ PT). [SN file photo] American Samoa’s U.S.-flagged purse seiners](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/purse-seine-in-pago-pago-web_0.jpg?itok=S_mOhmdI)