American Samoa Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Miss Majol does RMI proud

By Journal on February 9, 2024 American Samoa, Claret Chong Gum, Moemoana Schwenke, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga Feature Articles

The Miss Pacific Islands Pageant wrapped up last Saturday in Nauru with Miss Samoa Moemoana Schwenke being crowned Miss Pacific Islands 2024. Miss Marshall Islands Claret Chong Gum was honored with the Third Runner Up title for the pageant and was recognized and praised by hundreds of Marshallese who watched the weeklong event playout on […]

PNA: US violates fishing rule

By Journal on June 17, 2016 American Samoa, fishing, Guam, PNA, purse seiner, seiner, Transform Aqorau, WCPFC News Archive

A new US government fishing regulation that went into effect late last month violates a conservation measure for high seas fishing approved last year by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), said the Parties to the Nauru Agreement Chief Executive. “This new US fishing rule seeks to allow its purse seine fleet to […]