Longline Owner Sees Little Interest in Fishing Industry

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The President of  Tautai o Samoa Longline and Fishing Association, Christina Lutu-Sanchez doesn’t see much interest from the community in the fishing industry.

A long held goal of ASG is to build capacity of locals to play a bigger role in the fishing industry.

Lutu-Sanchez said residents don’t have an appreciation or understanding of how important the tuna industry is to the economy of American Samoa , and few show any interest in it.

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