Big Island Organizations & Programs Losing Funding

[Punatang]

gratitude for restoring what had been taken, apparently without consent or consultation, from indigenous people:

Below is a map of the restricted fishing areas.  The main island in American Samoa is Tutuila, and it’s quite a distance from Rose Atoll.  I was there 40 years ago so times have changed, but in the 1980’s the tuna fishing was done with seine trawlers, giant ships with nets extending over a mile off the back.  They even used helicopters that took off and landed from the ships as spotters.  The catch was brought back to Pago Pago Harbor, and unloaded at the Starkist Cannery. 

At that time there were no ships of that type operated by Samoans, and they wouldn’t work in the cannery due to the smell, working conditions, and low wages.  There were Samoans who fished but doubtful they’d take their smaller boats to Rose Atoll.

I’d like to know what kind of fishing the people in the photo op engaged in, and how far they travelled from shore.  Most likely it’s similar to Hawaiians in their fishing boats, not that far.

They discuss it more in depth here: