Support for implementation of socioeconomic monitoring in Community-based Subsistence Fishing Area sites and proposed sites
In 1994, the Hawaiian legislature passed legislation which allowed for designation of Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Areas (CBSFAs) where communities could work with Hawai‘i’s Division of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to establish management meas...
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...