A proposal to expand fishing restrictions in the U.S. Pacific Remote Islands Area, referred to as PRIA, has sparked debate about conservation of Pacific fish populations, as well as an unlikely ...

FILE - This July 2002 file photo shows a sailing ship in the harbor at Pago Pago, American Samoa. Many residents of American Samoa are concerned that a federal judge's recent ruling in Utah, saying ...

I grew up surrounded by cold-water fish and could not understand the draw of the deep ocean, until I was given a book called Pacific Blue by Steve Lomas. The story depicts a young boy who has a ...

The beautiful islands scattered throughout the South Pacific Ocean are fascinating places to fish, and during all my years as a photographer and journalist I’ve been lucky enough to visit most of them ...

In American Samoa, tuna is the lifeblood of the economy. Canned tuna accounts for 95.5% of all exports, and all of that tuna is canned at the StarKist Samoa cannery in Pago Pago. After the closure of ...

HONOLULU (CN) - American Samoa says the U.S. government violated its sovereign rights by shrinking the zone around the territory that protects it and its fishing culture from large vessels, in Federal ...

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa – American Samoa is banning shark fishing in its waters in hopes of stopping the population's decline. American Samoa is among a number of Pacific islands to record a ...

Tuna industry leaders in American Samoa say Kiribati's decision to reduce the fishing days it is offering the United States could be devastating for the local community. The rich waters of Kiribati ...

PAGO PAGO, American SamoaPAGO PAGO, American Samoa — American Samoa is banning shark fishing in its waters in hopes of stopping the population’s decline. American Samoa is among a number of Pacific ...

Apr. 14—In a letter to the U.S. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries in September, American Samoa's Gov. Lemanu Mauga wrote that "fishing prohibitions not only weaken U.S. fisheries but also increase ...