Much of the world’s albacore tuna catch, which usually ends up in a can, comes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where ...

An aerial crew based out of Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point tracks a Chinese fishing vessel passing through American Samoa’s territorial waters during a patrol in February 2024. Select an option ...

An aerial view of Palmyra Atoll which lies about halfway between Hawai‘i and American Samoa. Palmyra consists of a circular string of about 26 islets nestled among several lagoons and encircled by ...

It’s around 10 a.m. each morning that Noemi Reyes’s heart fills with hope. That’s when her husband Marionito’s boat appears on the shimmering horizon of the Pacific. By the time his skiff has been ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that reopens portions of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument (previously known as the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National ...

The U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday it's searching for five people after a fishing boat reportedly capsized in rough weather and seas near Alaska's capital of Juneau. The crew of the approximately ...

The ocean can be a lawless place. Far from shore, the vast seas have become plagued with everything from piracy, rampant illegal fishing and environmental crime, drug smuggling, human trafficking, and ...