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Amid tuna scarcity concerns, American Samoa rep urges Trump to reopen Pacific Remote Islands monument to fishing

A tax break proposal for StarKist's American Samoan operations and a $107 million grant to develop a tuna migration tracking system are among measures being implemented to bolster the tuna-fishing sector in the Pacific

By Cliff White | Feb. 28, 2025 15:57 GMT
US interior secretary Doug Burgum (center) with US congresswoman Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa) and other US territorial leaders and federal officials. Photo courtesy of office of US rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
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American Samoa's US representative, Amata Coleman Radewagen, has asked US president Donald Trump to reopen the Pacific Remote Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing [...]

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