Balancing the Tides highlights the influence of marine practices and policies in the unincorporated territory of American Sāmoa on the local indigenous group, the American fishing industry, international seafood consumption, U.S. environmental programs, as well as global ecological and native...

Native Commercial Fishing and Indigenous Debates over Regulations in the U.S. Pacific -- Minimal Returns: Colonial Minimum Wage Issues and the Global Tuna Canning Industry -- The Devolution of Marine Sanctuary Development in American Sāmoa -- The Impact of the U.S. Imperial Grants System on...

Preface -- Introduction -- Pacific developments -- The Hawaiian Islands: the "healing" of Kaho`olawe -- The Pacific coast: Seattle and Silicon Valley -- Alaska: the Aleutian islands -- Southern Japan during American occupation: Hiroshima and Okinawa -- Guam, the Philippines, and American Samoa...