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Eni Faleomavaega: “Why do we have to import $9 billion to $10 billion worth of fish from foreign countries? Why? Because we don't produce…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2012
Why do we have to import $9 billion to $10 billion worth of fish from foreign countries? Why? Because we don't produce enough fish domestically.
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Eni Faleomavaega
American Samoa

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Faleomavaega questions the U.S. reliance on fish imports due to insufficient domestic production.

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