FIGURE 17. Fishing in American Samoa runs the gamut from the 

 subsistence level to on industrialized operation that employs o sub- 

 stantial pcrcentogc of the citizens of American Samoa. Left, 

 women and children search the reef for mollusks. They cat the ani 



mals, use the shells for the manufacture of curios. Right, frozen 

 olbacore cought in the South Pacific Ocean are unloaded for canning 

 ot one of the two Americon-owned conneries in American Samoa. 



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