In some cases, former American Samoa fishing boats have in fact been bought up by Chinese companies. In Mauga’s letter, he writes that the U.S. is “losing influence in the international ...

seven cruisers of the Pacific fleet and seven destroyers sailed out of the Golden Gate to-day on a cruise to Hawaii and Samoa. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) Under clear skies Tuesday, shortly after sunrise in the beachside fishing village of Siumu, Samoa, a dozen men and children prepared their small boats for a day at sea. But ...

All 75 people on board evacuated to safety as the boat foundered about 1.6 kilometers (a mile) off the coast of Upolu, Samoa’s second largest island. The ship was one of only nine in New Zealand ...

Local businesses and conservationists now fear the potential environmental impact of the accident, which occurred in waters off Samoa’s most ... Small boats were dispatched with the warning ...

APLA, Samoa (AFP): Australia will provide Samoa with a new coastguard patrol boat, Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced on a visit to the Pacific island nation Thursday (June 2), as she looked to ...

Golding said smoke was seen coming from the boat at 6:40 a.m. local time before ... and welfare personnel has since left Auckland for Samoa, per the NZDF. Built in 2003, the HMNZS Manawanui ...

Samoa lies within the RCCNZ’s area of responsibility for Search and Rescue operations. Manawanui’s crew and passengers transferred from their lifeboats and sea boats to vessels that responded ...

Apr. 14—In a letter to the U.S. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries in September, American Samoa's Gov. Lemanu Mauga wrote that "fishing prohibitions not only weaken U.S. fisheries but also ...

FILE - In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defence Force, divers survey the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the southern coast of Upulo, Samoa, after the Manawanui ran aground and sank on Oct. 6.