The StarKist Samoa cannery in American Samoa is scheduled to resume production today, after it closed for one week due to a shortage of fish.
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The plant was expecting a fish delivery over the weekend.
StarKist Samoa is the largest private employer in the territory with some 2000 workers.
Our correspondent in Pago Pago reported fears among many workers that continuing shortage of fish will mean they will have difficulty supporting their families.
American Samoa's largest private employer, the StarKist Samoa cannery, will shut down operations next week because of fish shortages.
The governor of American Samoa has predicted the departure of the StarKist tuna cannery in the next five years unless the US government intervenes.
A former senior executive of StarKist, which owns the StarKist Samoa cannery in American Samoa, has been charged in the US with one-count of price fixing.
The American Samoa Government has rejected a request from StarKist Samoa for space for a cold storgage facility for the cannery.
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