The President and CEO of StarKist Co. owners of StarKIst Samoa Mr Andrew Choe arrives in the territory tonigh on a week long visit.
A statement from the company said Choe will spend time with the StarKist Samoa leadership team and StarKist employees during the trip. In addition, He will meet with Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga and other ASG officials,
This will be Choe’s first visit under the Lemanu Takauega administration as he wasn’t able to make a planned trip to the territory in 2020 due to border closures as a result of the Covid pandemic.
Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata met the StarKist ceo and president at the company headquarters In Virginia In July . A oress release from her office regarding the meeting said issues discussed included the need for more labor, and the extension of the American Samoa Economic Development Credit, also known as section 30A, along with inflation and other geopolitical issues that affect the tuna industry. This includes the regional proposals the United States made in Vice President Harris’s recent speech at the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji.
