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Chinese fishing boats’ illegal overfishing in the South Pacific has been devastating some island economies. According to two former U.S.

The public is invited to attend NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa virtual meeting of the Sanctuary Advisory Council via Google Meet video conferencing (due to COVID restrictions and safety protocols)...Items on the agenda include updates NMSAS Condition Report, Conservation Scien

A record-sized coral colony has been found in American Samoa. Researchers with NOAA and several other agencies found the massive oval-shaped colony during a monitoring survey in the waters around Ta'u Island, known for large coral colonies...The colony measures more than 26 feet tall.

NOAA-funded researchers, and partners have identified a new record size coral colony at Ta’u Island in American Samoa, even larger than the island’s Big Momma colony, one of the largest in the world.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Palau’s International Coral Reef Center on marine protected areas, including the establishment of a sister sanctuary arrangement between Puipuiga lautele o le Gataifale o Amerika Samoa

The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will set the acceptable biological catch for the American Samoa bottomfish fishery for fishing years 2021-2022.

Although American Samoa has the oldest regularly monitored coral reef transect and is in many ways the cradle of coral reef science, the Territory still has too few local coral researchers.

National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa is seeking to fill seats on its advisory council, which represents the public’s interests in sanctuary matters and provides advice to the sanctuary superintendent. The advisory council is composed of 17 voting members and 8 non-voting members, who

Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed notification of three grants affecting American Samoa from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including one directly for American Samoa. NOAA is announcing their Coral Reef Conservation funding for 2020, with one grant of

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the endocrine-disrupting pesticide atrazine will be banned in Hawai‘i and in the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S.