The Trump administration is taking a step toward potentially allowing companies to trawl for minerals under the ocean floor ...

Bob Richmond, a coral scientist and head of the University of Hawaiʻi Kewalo Marine Laboratory, spoke to HPR about the ...

Interior reports that on April 8, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received a formal request for a lease ...

Commercial mining on the miles-deep Pacific Ocean floor came one step closer to reality with an announcement late Tuesday by ...

Samoa ’s Prime Minister said she would seek to dissolve Parliament, prompting an early election, after a vote on her ...

The Interior Department on Tuesday said it’s begun the process of evaluating a possible offshore mineral lease sale in U.S.

Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says it's a tough time for the Pacific region as leaders navigate a dynamic geopolitical ...

Workers in American Samoa employed in industries covered by the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 received a 40-cent increase in their hourly wage beginning Sept. 30, the U.S. Department of Labor ...