Description:
Author(s):
Adel Heenan and Bernardo Vargas-Angel
Title:
Summary Report of Baseline Surveys for Benthic and Fish Communities in the Fagamalo No-Take Marine Protected Area, American Samoa
Publication Date:
2017
Institution:
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Coral Reef Ecosystem Program
Abstract:
"The village of Fagamalo in American Samoa became the first village in the Territory of American Samoa to set aside a portion of their coastline and marine environment as a Fishery Management Area (No-Take Marine Protected area). In May 2010 villagers of Fagamalo held an agreement signing ceremony with the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources that will see the protection of marine resources in 2.25 square kilometers of ocean. Fishing is prohibited in that protected area. This report describes baseline assessment surveys conducted as a partnership between NOAAs Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) and the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) in OctoberNovember of 2015 and MarchApril of 2016. CREP implements the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP), an ecosystem- scale interdisciplinary coral reef monitoring program."
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Notes:
FY2015; CRCP Project ID: 1083; Project Title: Coral reef ecosystem monitoring training and capacity building to support improved resource management in American Samoa; Principal Investigator: Bernardo Vargas-Angel
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