Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2025/07/pacific-tuna-fleets-pushed-lift-ban-waters-they-barely-fished
For years, commercial fishermen in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific warned that American Samoa’s tuna industry could collapse if the White House didn’t take action to re-open protected waters in the Pacific. President Donald Trump shrank the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument this spring.
But we found that fishermen in American Samoa and Hawaiʻi rarely fished for tuna in affected areas during the five years before they became protected.
Could Hawaiʻi’s marine sanctuary be next on the chopping block?
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2025/07/pacific-tuna-fleets-pushed-lift-ban-waters-they-barely-fished
For years, commercial fishermen in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific warned that American Samoa’s tuna industry could collapse if the White House didn’t take action to re-open protected waters in the Pacific. President Donald Trump shrank the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument this spring.
But we found that fishermen in American Samoa and Hawaiʻi rarely fished for tuna in affected areas during the five years before they became protected.
Could Hawaiʻi’s marine sanctuary be next on the chopping block?
