Kitty Simonds News Today

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Taotasi Archie Soliai, Director of Marine & Wildlife Resources has recently written to the National Marine Fisheries Service of his “deep concer

HONOLULU—Amid mounting concerns and resounding frustration, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council convened its 198th meeting last week, where the voices of the fishing community advisors echoed with urgency.

Fishermen Sound Alarm: US Government Policies Threaten Way of Life ...

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 20th Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting convened in the Cook Islands in a meeting that ran past 3:30 a.m.

Honolulu, HAWAII — Existing fishing regulations, which govern the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around the U.S.

PAGO PAGO (Pacific Island Times/Pacnews) — A regional fishery council warned that the Biden administration’s plan to block off the U.S territorial waters in the Pacific would be the end

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council Executive Director Kitty Simonds is criticizing the contradiction between NOAA’s proposed

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata raised the issue of buying American tuna in a question to White House Council of Environmental

Washington, D.C.

NOAA heard strong support for expanded protections, but others implored the agency to preserve economic opportunities for U.S. territories.