2010

ACC

OMPL

ISHM

ENTS

Faga

tele

Bay N

atio

nal M

arin

e San

ctua

ry en

comp

ass a

fring

ing co

ral re

ef ec

osys

tem co

ntaine

d with

in an

erod

ed vo

lcanic

cra

ter in

Ame

rican

Sam

oa. F

agate

le Ba

y is t

he na

tion’s

small

est m

arine

sanc

tuary

at on

e-qu

arter

squa

re m

ile an

d its

only

true t

ropic

al re

ef. H

undr

eds o

f spe

cies o

f cor

als, c

olorfu

l reef

fish,

algae

and o

ther in

verte

brate

s can

be fo

und i

n the

war

m wa

ters o

f the s

anctu

ary,

along

with

sea t

urtle

s, do

lphins

, sha

rks, g

iant c

lams a

nd m

igrato

ry hu

mpba

ck w

hales

. Esta

blish

ed A

pr. 2

9, 19

86.

A Lo

ok A

head

Ap

ril 26

, 201

1, ma

rks th

e 25th

anniv

ersa

ry of

the on

ly na

tiona

l mar

ine sa

nctua

ry in

the so

uther

n hem

isphe

re. F

agate

le Ba

y Nati

onal

Marin

e San

ctuar

y is p

lannin

g acti

vities

to co

mmem

orate

this

histor

ic mi

leston

e. A

bioge

ogra

phic

asse

ssme

nt of

the S

amoa

n arch

ipelag

o wi

ll be f

inaliz

ed ar

ound

the s

ame t

ime,

prov

iding

a co

mpre

hens

ive lo

ok at

its m

arine

life,

geog

raph

y, hu

man a

ctivit

ies, a

nd m

arine

pr

otecte

d netw

ork d

esign

, as w

ell as

a sc

ientifi

c fra

mewo

rk for

mar

ine sp

atial

plann

ing.

In co

njunc

tion w

ith th

is stu

dy, th

e san

ctuar

y will

be re

leasin

g its

draft

man

agem

ent p

lan fo

r pub

lic co

mmen

t. The

draft

plan

is th

e cu

lmina

tion o

f thre

e yea

rs wo

rking

with

nume

rous

cons

tituen

ts to

deve

lop a

“road

map

” for

the n

ext 5

-10 y

ears

of sa

nctua

ry ma

nage

ment.

The

draft

plan

inclu

des s

trateg

ies an

d acti

vities

that

addr

ess c

once

rns,

oppo

rtunit

ies an

d nee

ds ra

ised d

uring

the p

ublic

sc

oping

proc

ess,

includ

ing po

ssibl

e exp

ansio

n of th

e san

ctuar

y in A

meric

an S

amoa

. Su

ppor

ting

Jobs

, Com

mun

ities

and

Cultu

re

Faga

tele B

ay N

ation

al Ma

rine S

anctu

ary i

s loc

ated i

n the

remo

te Pa

cific

Islan

ds of

Ame

rican

Sam

oa. W

ith a

popu

lation

of

appr

oxim

ately

67 th

ousa

nd pe

ople,

the i

sland

s dre

w 6,5

00 to

urist

s in 2

009.

A re

cent

study

estim

ated t

he to

tal an

nual

value

of re

efs in

Am

erica

n Sam

oa to

be $1

0 milli

on, w

ith th

e majo

rity of

this

being

non-

use o

r exis

tence

value

. Pop

ular r

ecre

ation

activ

ities i

n clud

e sn

orke

ling,

scub

a divi

ng, s

port

fishin

g, ka

yakin

g, an

d hiki

ng. A

small

comm

ercia

l fish

ing fle

et op

erate

s in A

meric

an S

amoa

. NO

AA's

Offic

e of

Nat

ional

Mar

ine S

anctu

aries

is co

mm

itted

to su

ppor

ting

lives

and

liveli

hood

s acr

oss t

he n

ation

and

in sa

nctu

ary

com

mun

ities t

hrou

gh so

cioec

onom

ic re

sear

ch a

nd m

onito

ring

to u

nder

stand

the

econ

omic

and

socia

l driv

ers o

f san

ctuar

y res

ourc

es a

nd

impr

ove

man

agem

ent p

racti

ces.

Faga

tele

Bay N

atio

nal M

arin

e San

ctua

ry A

dviso

ry C

ounc

il Mem

bers

Of

ficer

s Ch

air: D

ean H

udso

n Vi

ce C

hair:

Vaam

ua H

enry

Sese

pasa

ra

Secre

tary:

Netin

i Sen

e No

n-Go

vern

men

tal M

embe

rs

Rese

arch

Scie

nce A

dviso

r: Ch

arles

Birk

eland

Oc

ean R

ecre

ation

: Dea

n Hud

son

Comm

ercia

l Fish

ing: V

aamu

a Hen

ry Se

sepa

sara

Ed

ucati

on: N

etini

Sene

Co

mmun

ity-A

t-Lar

ge (W

est S

ide):

Uiag

alelei

Lealo

fi Co

mmun

ity A

t-Lar

ge (M

anu’a

Islan

ds):

Nu

’utai

Sonn

y Tho

mpso

n Co

mmun

ity A

t-Lar

ge (E

ast S

ide):

vaca

nt Bu

sines

s/Ind

ustry

: vac

ant

Tour

ism: D

avid

Vaea

fe

Stud

ent (

non-

votin

g): v

acan

t

Gove

rnm

enta

l Mem

bers

Te

rrito

rial G

over

nmen

t Am

erica

n Sam

oa D

epar

tmen

t of C

omme

rce, E

nviro

nmen

t Di

vision

: Fale

sau P

aopa

o De

signe

e: Na

than I

laoa

Amer

ican S

amoa

Dep

artm

ent o

f Mar

ine an

d Wild

life

Reso

urce

s: Uf

agafa

Ray

Tula

fono

Desig

nee:

Lucy

Jaco

b Am

erica

n Sam

oa E

nviro

nmen

tal P

rotec

tion A

genc

y: Fa

nuate

le To

’afa V

aiaga

’e De

signe

e: Tu

mau L

oken

i Am

erica

Sam

oa C

ommu

nity C

olleg

e/ Un

iversi

ty of

Hawa

ii Sea

Gr

ant: E

phra

im T

emple

Fe

dera

l Gov

ernm

ent

Natio

nal P

ark S

ervic

e (no

n-vo

ting)

: Mike

Rey

nolds

NO

AA O

ffice o

f Law

Enfo

rceme

nt (n

on-vo

ting)

: Ke

vin P

ainter

U.S.

Coa

st Gu

ard (

non-

votin

g): E

ric R

ober

ts

NOAA

Pac

if ic Is

lands

Reg

ion O

ffice (

non-

votin

g):

Fatim

a Sau

afea-

Leau

NO

AA F

agate

le Ba

y NMS

(non

-votin

g):

Gene

Brig

hous

e NO

AA O

ffice o

f Nati

onal

Marin

e San

ctuar

ies

Pacif

ic Isl

ands

: Reg

ion: A

llen T

om

San

ctuar

y Adv

isory

Coun

cil C

oord

inator

Emily

Gas

kin

http

://fa

gate

lebay

.noa

a.gov

Ben

Car

roll,

DMW

R

Dive

into

Edu

catio

n an

d Te

ache

r Pro

gram

Th

e NOA

A Of

fice o

f Nati

onal

Marin

e San

ctuar

ies in

conju

nctio

n with

Fag

atele

Bay

Natio

nal M

arine

San

ctuar

y, the

Ame

rican

Sam

oa D

epar

tmen

t of C

omme

rce an

d the

Am

erica

n Sam

oa D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion (

ASDO

E) ho

sted t

he D

ive in

to Ed

ucati

on

teach

er w

orks

hop i

n July

2010

. Par

ticipa

nts in

clude

d edu

catio

n and

outre

ach s

pecia

lists

from

all fo

urtee

n fiel

d site

s with

in the

Nati

onal

Marin

e San

ctuar

y Sys

tem. M

ore t

han 1

40

eleme

ntary

and h

igh sc

hool

teach

ers f

rom

both

priva

te an

d pub

lic sc

hools

in A

meric

an

Samo

a par

ticipa

ted in

the t

wo-d

ay ev

ent. T

his un

ique p

rofes

siona

l dev

elopm

ent

oppo

rtunit

y for

loca

l teac

hers

offer

ed en

gagin

g and

inno

vativ

e ses

sions

relat

ed to

the

ocea

n. Fo

llowi

ng th

e Dive

into

Educ

ation

Wor

ksho

p, a T

each

er P

rogr

am w

as

estab

lishe

d by t

he sa

nctua

ry an

d ASD

OE, to

conti

nue s

uppo

rt an

d imp

lemen

tation

of

skills

and l

esso

ns le

arne

d dur

ing th

e wor

ksho

p. Th

e prim

ary g

oal o

f this

prog

ram

is to

prov

ide fiv

e tea

cher

s with

reso

urce

s and

train

ing to

supp

ort o

cean

liter

acy i

n the

cla

ssro

om. T

hese

five t

each

ers w

ill ac

t as o

ur co

re te

am to

show

case

, trac

k and

liaise

wi

th du

ring t

he sc

hool

year

. In ad

dition

, they

will

prov

ide ha

nds-o

n acti

vities

that

can

incre

ase k

nowl

edge

, pro

mote

supp

ort a

nd ap

prec

iation

for a

sanc

tuary.

Cu

ltura

l and

Indi

geno

us R

esou

rce P

rote

ctio

n W

orks

hop

On

Frid

ay, J

uly 30

, 201

0, the

Offic

e of N

ation

al Ma

rine S

anctu

aries

, in co

llabo

ratio

n with

the

Ame

rican

Sam

oa D

epar

tmen

t of C

omme

rce ho

sted 1

00 pe

ople

who p

artic

ipated

in a

Cultu

ral &

Indig

enou

s Res

ource

Pro

tectio

n Wor

ksho

p. Th

e eve

nt foc

used

on th

e int

egra

tion o

f trad

itiona

l indig

enou

s kno

wled

ge an

d mar

ine m

anag

emen

t plan

ning i

n ar

eas w

here

ther

e are

both

a nati

onal

marin

e san

ctuar

y and

living

, vibr

ant in

digen

ous

cultu

res i

nclud

ing A

meric

an S

amoa

, Haw

aii an

d the

Pac

ific N

orthw

est. T

wo pa

nel

discu

ssion

s wer

e held

: Cult

ural

Know

ledge

and P

racti

ces i

n Mar

ine M

anag

emen

t and

Br

idging

Tra

dition

s in a

Tim

e of C

hang

e: Ma

nage

ment

Case

Stud

ies. P

artic

ipants

inclu

ded

Fofo

Sunia

as th

e key

note

spea

ker a

nd pa

nelis

ts: K

epa M

aly fr

om La

nai, H

awaii

; Lor

aini

Sivo

of C

onse

rvatio

n Inte

rnati

onal

from

Fiji; C

arol

Bern

thal o

f Olym

pic C

oast

Natio

nal

Marin

e San

ctuar

y; Ed

John

stone

of th

e Quin

ault F

irst In

dian N

ation

in W

ashin

gton S

tate;

Selai

na V

aitau

tolu T

uimav

ave o

f the D

epar

tmen

t of M

arine

and W

ildlife

Res

ource

s; Ta

vita

Togia

of th

e Nati

onal

Park

of Am

erica

n Sam

oa; F

ranc

ois M

artel

of C

onse

rvatio

n Int

erna

tiona

l from

Apia

, Sam

oa; a

nd V

eron

ika M

ata’ut

ia Mo

rtens

on of

the F

agate

le Ba

y sa

nctua

ry.

Pres

erve

Am

erica

Nom

inat

ion

and

Prog

ram

Pr

eser

ve A

meric

a is a

fede

ral in

itiativ

e tha

t enc

oura

ges a

nd su

ppor

ts co

mmun

ity ef

forts

to pr

eser

ve an

d enjo

y the

ir cult

ural

and n

atura

l her

itage

. Com

munit

y stat

us re

cogn

izes t

hose

tha

t use

their

histo

ric as

sets

for ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and c

ommu

nity r

evita

lizati

on, a

nd

enco

urag

es pe

ople

to ex

perie

nce a

nd ap

prec

iate l

ocal

histor

ic re

sour

ces t

hrou

gh

educ

ation

and h

erita

ge to

urism

prog

rams

. On F

riday

, Apr

il 1, 2

010,

Amer

ican S

amoa

be

came

the 8

14th

comm

unity

to re

ceive

the d

esign

ation

sinc

e the

Pre

serve

Ame

rica's

inc

eptio

n in 2

003.

The t

errito

ry wa

s des

ignate

d for

its ro

bust

histor

y and

living

cultu

re, a

s we

ll as o

ur co

mmitm

ent to

“Ame

rican

” her

itage

. Fag

atele

Bay N

ation

al Ma

rine S

anctu

ary

celeb

rated

this

desig

natio

n with

a co

mmem

orati

on ce

remo

ny he

ld at

Utule

i Bea

ch on

July

26, 2

010.

Marin

e Mam

mal

Surv

ey 20

10

Rese

arch

ers w

ith N

OAA’

s Offic

e of N

ation

al Ma

rine S

anctu

aries

and t

he A

meric

an S

amoa

De

partm

ent o

f Mar

ine an

d Wild

life R

esou

rces c

ontin

ued t

heir e

fforts

to le

arn m

ore a

bout

Amer

ican S

amoa

’s ro

le as

a br

eedin

g gro

und f

or S

outh

Pacif

ic hu

mpba

ck w

hales

. Sc

ientis

ts ar

e usin

g pho

to-ide

ntific

ation

, biop

sy (s

kin) s

ampli

ng an

d wha

le so

ng

reco

rding

s, to

bette

r und

ersta

nd th

e loc

al hu

mpba

ck w

hale

popu

lation

, clar

ify its

re

lation

ship

to oth

er pa

rts of

the S

outh

Pacif

ic re

gion,

and t

o ide

ntify

its A

ntarct

ic mi

grato

ry

desti

natio

ns. T

his ye

ar, s

cienti

sts ab

oard

the R

/V M

anum

ā ob

serve

d sev

eral

hump

back

mo

thers

with

newb

orn c

alves

clos

e to s

hore

, som

etime

s in v

ery s

mall c

oves

and b

ays.

Clim

ate S

mar

t San

ctua

ry

Faga

tele B

ay N

ation

al Ma

rine S

anctu

ary r

ecog

nizes

the i

mmen

se va

lue of

comm

unity

-ba

sed m

anag

emen

t, and

has a

dopte

d a pa

rticipa

tory a

ppro

ach t

o clim

ate ch

ange

ad

aptat

ion pl

annin

g in A

meric

an S

amoa

. In an

effor

t to pr

omote

comm

unity

resil

iency

an

d pro

tect c

oasta

l reso

urce

s fro

m the

poten

tial im

pacts

of cl

imate

chan

ge, th

e sa

nctua

ry is

imple

menti

ng th

e Clim

ate S

mart

Sanc

tuary

proc

ess t

o help

infor

m cli

mate

chan

ge pl

annin

g in t

he te

rritor

y. Th

e Clim

ate S

mart

Sanc

tuary

proc

ess w

as de

velop

ed

by th

e Offic

e of N

ation

al Ma

rine S

anctu

aries

to gu

ide cl

imate

chan

ge pl

annin

g at

natio

nal m

arine

sanc

tuary

sites

acro

ss th

e Unit

ed S

tates

. The

proc

ess i

nclud

es th

e de

velop

ment

of a c

limate

chan

ge si

te sc

enar

io an

d a sa

nctua

ry cli

mate

chan

ge pl

an as

we

ll as s

teps t

o mak

e san

ctuar

y offic

es gr

eene

r. In

2010

the s

anctu

ary w

orke

d with

loca

l an

d reg

ional

clima

te sc

ientis

ts to

gathe

r exis

ting i

nform

ation

on th

e main

clim

ate ch

ange

im

pact

drive

rs an

d the

poten

tial im

pacts

to ec

osys

tems,

herita

ge/cu

ltura

l reso

urce

s and

co

mmun

ities.

Cl

imat

e Cha

nge W

orks

hop

In Ap

ril 20

10, F

agate

le Ba

y Nati

onal

Marin

e San

ctuar

y in c

ollab

orati

on w

ith th

e Go

vern

or’s

Cora

l Ree

f Adv

isory

Grou

p and

the A

meric

an S

amoa

Dep

artm

ent o

f Co

mmer

ce ho

sted a

capa

city b

uildin

g wor

ksho

p in A

meric

an S

amoa

to en

cour

age t

he

shar

ing of

clim

ate ch

ange

plan

ning e

xper

ience

s, kn

owled

ge, a

nd sk

ills am

ong

partic

ipatin

g man

ager

s and

comm

unity

mem

bers.

Par

ticipa

nts en

gage

d in s

harin

g cas

e stu

dies a

nd le

sson

s lea

rned

, pre

sente

d and

colla

bora

ted on

both

grou

p and

indiv

idual

proje

cts an

d con

ducte

d pro

blem-

solvi

ng ex

ercis

es. P

artic

ipants

wor

ked t

ogeth

er to

de

velop

an ad

aptat

ion pl

annin

g fra

mewo

rk as

a mo

del fo

r add

ress

ing ar

eas i

n Ame

rican

Sa

moa t

hat a

re vu

lnera

ble to

the a

ffects

of cl

imate

chan

ge.

Sanc

tuar

y Adv

isory

Cou

ncil R

ecru

itmen

t In

2010

, the S

anctu

ary A

dviso

ry Co

uncil

adde

d nine

new

seats

to in

clude

key

cons

tituen

ts an

d stak

ehold

er gr

oups

. The

coun

cil fe

lt tha

t the a

dditio

nal re

pres

entat

ives

would

conn

ect th

e cou

ncil a

nd sa

nctua

ry to

more

secto

rs of

socie

ty as

well

as in

creas

e ex

pertis

e on t

he co

uncil

. The

addit

ional

gove

rnme

nt se

ats re

pres

ent N

OAA’

s Offic

e of

Law

Enfor

ceme

nt, N

OAA’

s Pac

ific Is

lands

Reg

ion O

ffice,

the U

.S. C

oast

Guar

d, an

d the

Am

erica

n Sam

oa E

nviro

nmen

tal P

rotec

tion A

genc

y. Th

e add

itiona

l non

-gov

ernm

ent

seats

inclu

de T

ouris

m, B

usine

ss/In

dustr

y, Co

mmun

ity A

t-Lar

ge: E

ast S

ide, C

ommu

nity

At-L

arge

: Man

u’a Is

lands

, and

You

th.

Educ

atio

n Pr

ogra

ms

In 20

10, F

agate

le Ba

y staf

f coo

rdina

ted se

vera

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