ResourceLaolao Bay conservation action plan. 2012 Addendum and workplan
"On February 28th, 2012, a working group met at the Pacific Islands Club on Saipan for a day-long workshop to review the Laolao Bay Conservation Action Plan created in 2009 and create a work plan for the 2012-2013 calendar years. Members of participating ...
ResourceSocioeconomic Monitoring Draft Plan Laolao Bay
"All watersheds in the islands are considered coastal watersheds. Under Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) law, the Coastal Resource Management office (CRM) has regulatory jurisdiction over all lands of the Commonwealth. Laolao Bay is located...
ResourceLaolao Bay Conservation Action Plan
"Between December 2008 and January of 2009, representatives from the Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Coastal Resource Management (CRM), the Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW), the Mariana Islands Nature Alliance (MINA), as well as other stakehol...
ResourceCoastal use and management at Laolao Bay : a follow-up SEM-Pasifika study of resource users at Laolao Bay Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), September 29 to November 10, 2014
This survey was a follow-up to the initial 2009 baseline assessment to document users' current activities at Laolao Bay and monitor change and to identify existing resource uses, threats and knowledge of damaging activities and their perception of the hea...
ResourceCampaign impact report : Laolao Bay pride campaign, September 12-September 2014
On Saipan's east coast, Laolao Bay is one of the island's richest and most-used marine areas; Laolao Bay is a popular fishing and diving site among residents and tourists alike. Unfortunately, the coral reefs and the rest of the marine ecosystems in the b...
ResourceFacilitating community stewardship to protect and advocate coral reef conservation in Laolao Bay and Garapan coastal areas
"To understand the users of Laolao Bay, the Mariana Islands Nature Alliance (MINA) will focus its efforts on six (6) different types of Laolao Bay users: 1. Fishermen; 2. Beachgoers/Picnickers; 3. Divers; 4. Tourist; 5. Visitors; and 6. Local residents. M...
ResourceSocioeconomic Monitoring Draft Plan Laolao Bay
Metadata Thumbnail "Socioeconomic monitoring in Laolao will focus on the users of the Bay and its surrounding areas. Initially, this will not include tourists and will focus on local users including fishers, divers, medicinal plant collectors, recreational users, and tour o...
ResourceLaolao Bay road and coastal management improvement project: Ecological and water quality assessment phase I report: Pre-construction condition report, including an integrated assessment of ecological change since 1991
Metadata Thumbnail "Due to an extremely favorable natural environmental setting, Laolao Bay is one of Saipans most desirable coastal areas, with some coral reefs valued at over 10 million dollars per square kilometer based upon a recent economic study. However, in recent ti...
ResourceThe Voices of Laolao: Roman Benavente, fisherman
A component of the Our Laolao Campaign is the The Voices? project where people can share their stories why they value Laolao Bay. In this 1.5 minute PSA, Roman Benavente, a traditional talayero (cast-net fisherman) shares his pride and love for Laolao Bay...
ResourceSaipan coral reef survey
"There were two primary objectives to conducting this survey. The impetus for the survey was to provide background information to inform a social marketing campaign regarding littering in Saipan, with a potential focus on LaoLao Bay. Because surveys are t...
ResourceCNMI CAP Review Report
"The Nature Conservancy (TNC) worked with the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) partners to complete a review of the status of the existing CAPs (Laolao Bay, Garapan and Talakhaya watershed) and effectiveness of the planning processes undert...
ResourceNovel watershed restoration techniques for the Mariana Islands
Southern Guam reefs have been severely impacted by sedimentation. Much of this sedimentation is the result of denuded hillsides, where heavy rainfall events create massive erosion problems that send tons of soil onto fringing reef systems. Reforestation f...
ResourceOur Laolao: Litter free. On land and sea
"Tucked in a lush valley on Saipans windward side, Laolao Bays rich coral reef ecosystem has made it a popular fishing spot for generations and earned it the reputation as Saipans best all-weather dive site, averaging up to 200 divers per day. Laolao Bay ...
ResourceUse of monitoring data to support conservation management and policy decisions in Micronesia
"Adaptive management implies a continuous knowledge-based decision-making process in conservation. Yet, the coupling of scientific monitoring and management frameworks remains rare in practice because formal and informal communication pathways are lacking...
ResourceCoral Reef Initiative Education and Outreach Program
The CNMI Coral Reef Initiative (CRI) was founded in 2003 in partnership with NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program. The CRI is a cross-agency initiative between the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ), Division of Coastal Resources Managem...
ResourceCharacterizing Shallow-water Benthic Habitats In Select Areas Around Saipan, Tinian, and Rota (CNMI)
The goal of this project is to characterize high-priority areas of interest between 0 - 40m identified during the Mapping Gap Analysis Project (FY 21-23) in coordination with CNMI jurisdictional leadership. NCCOS will develop high-quality benthic habitat ...
ResourceSediment on reefs and adjacent coastal areas: information tools for managers in American Samoa, South Florida, CNMI
Needs: Managers from the three CRCP priority jurisdictions of American Samoa, Florida, and CNMI all identify management of sediment on coral reefs and adjacent coastal waters as a priority objective to NOAA CRCP (ASLAS, CNMILAS/CAPS, Florida-priorities). ...