American Samoa Best Management Practices Effectiveness
American Samoa has steep slope watersheds that render the terrain vulnerable to erosion from storm-water runoff, which reduces the water quality of nearshore coral reef ecosystems. Also, the growth in human population and coastal development have led to i...
Building community trust, empowerment and resiliency in improving coastal habitats and coral reef management in Pala Lagoon.
The proposed project aims to continue the FY14 pilot work (Project ID 1124) by expanding community conservation efforts to a local high school located near Pala Lagoon to engage in a School-based Conservation Project through 6 months within the school yea...
Linking watershed management actions to reef health in American Samoa
This project was developed to address National and jurisdictional goals to reduce the impacts of land-based sources of pollution (LBSP) in coral reef ecosystems. It seeks to fulfill American Samoa's needs to assess the effectiveness of LBSP watershed mana...
Socioeconomic monitoring of village MPAs in American Samoa
The aim of this project is to work with American Samoa’s Community-based Fisheries Management Program (CFMP) to formalize their socioeconomic monitoring program. Traditionally, villages in American Samoa controlled exclusive rights to manage their nearsho...
Social-ecological vulnerability assessment of reef fisheries and communities to promote climate resiliency in American Samoa
To better understand and mitigate the impacts of climate change in American Samoa, it is important to identify the factors that make specific places, people, and ecosystems most vulnerable to climate impacts. Project Objectives: 1. Conduct a climate-chang...
Identifying coral reef resilience potential in American Samoa based on CRED coral reef monitoring data
Purpose/Need: Reefs in American Samoa have been repeatedly impacted by predation from Crown-Of-Thorns Seastars (COTS), and are also increasingly threatened by impacts related to climate change such as bleaching. Local managers have expressed a specific in...
Sediment 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). ...
NCRMP Data, Reports, and Information Products for Management
In response to the 2016 CRCP Science Review and the PIFSC External Review of Ecosystem Science, the PIFSC-Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) will continue efforts initiated in FY17 to improve the timeliness of analytical products and alignment with nationa...
Climate Change Vulnerability Analysis for US Pacific Reefs - Integrating Exposure, Resilience, and Social Adaptive Capacity
Overarching Goal: Building on ongoing efforts in Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, and American Samoa to document the potential for coral reef ecosystems to resist or recover from anthropogenic stress, we will synthesi...
American Samoa Best Management Practices Effectiveness