The second largest employer in American Samoa, Chicken of the Sea - Samoa Packing General, says that sales of canned tuna in the United States are slow.
The company has over two thousand employees and for the last three to four months been packing for only 4 days a week, and is laying off about 70 employees this week for an indefinite period.
COS Samoa Packing general manager, Herman Gebauer, said that the staff might be re-employed if the situation improves.