American Samoa urges US to reconsider closure of tuna purse seine fishery

American Samoa Governor Lolo Moliga is calling on the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to reconsider the 9 October closure of the tuna purse seine fishery in the "Effort Limit Area for Purse Seine" (ELAPS), or risk hurting  the purse seiners and tuna processors based in American Samoa ...

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