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Tri Marine to pay $1m to US gov’t over American Samoa oil spill

Tuna giant settles with US government over an oil spill in American Samoa last year from one of its vessels, also agreeing to a range of other measures

By Tom Seaman | Oct. 29, 2015 15:51 GMT
Capt. Vincent Gann, a Tri Marine-owned tuna seiner.
Capt. Vincent Gann, a Tri Marine-owned tuna seiner.
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Tri Marine International has agreed to pay $1.05 million to the US government in a settlement over an oil spill from one of its vessels in American Samoa last year. [...]

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