Boys And Girls Club Ocean & Coast Youth Ambassadors Summit brings together the next generation of conservation champions
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Aptly themed "Making Waves - Empowering the Next Generation of Ocean & Coastal Conservation Champions," the Boys and Girls Club Ocean & Coast Youth Amba

![Maryann Tulafono, first lady Emeritus and Chairman of the Boys & Girls Clubs of American Samoa (BGCAS) Board of Directors & Chief Volunteer gave the welcoming remarks at the Ocean & Coast Youth Ambassadors Summit held on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at the American Samoa Community College Multipurpose Center. [ASG photo] Maryann Tulafono](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/former_first_lady_marianne.jpg?itok=3HzibTKS)

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![The Samoa Minister of Police, Faualo Harry Schuster and U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Noriko Horiuchi prior to signing the addendum to the existing Bilateral Agreement allowing enhanced maritime law enforcement operations, maritime domain awareness and assists with implementation of integrated operations between the U.S. and Samoa by extending U.S. Coast Guard operability to deter predatory and illegal fishing activities in Samoa’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). [courtesy photo] The Samoa Minister of Police, Faualo Harry Schuster and U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Noriko Horiuchi](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/uscg_samoa_signing.png?itok=NW5yJ5qk)




