Gov. Lolo also voiced concern over the voting process conducted by the Biological Review Team, saying that the process “seems to be highly subjective” and the voting results might have stemmed from the individual scientists perception of extinction rather than solid scientific data.
I have to comment that it is nice to be able to post a story about American Samoa and our government that does not involve Federal scrutiny and criminal investigations.
It would be usefull if there was an explanation of the consequeces when coral is declared a “protected species”.