WASHINGTON, D.C.—Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday fine-tuning national fisheries policies. Sablan’s Fishing Economy Improvement Act proposes a greater role for indigenous people in the management of fisheries...

WASHINGTON—Among U.S. Island Areas, only the U.S. Virgin Islands had a higher median age than the U.S. mainland at 39.2 years in 2010. A new report, Recent Population Trends for the U.S. Island Areas: 2000 to 2010, examines demographic trends, such as median age, for American...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina announced Friday nearly $1.5 million in grant funding under the Office of Insular Affairs’ Technical and Maintenance Assistance Programs to the government of Guam to support a number of priority needs...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina will visit the Republic of the Marshall Islands from March 10 to March 13, 2015, to meet with Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak, Cabinet ministers, and other...