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Samoa coastline
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa this weekend signed a groundbreaking new agreement to conserve 30 per cent of its ocean area and sustain its resources for the long-term. Some 36,000 square kilometres of new fully-protected Marine Protected Areas inside Samoa’s Exclusive Economic Zone is expected to result from...
Weighing in the catch during the 2012 Steinlager International I’a Lapo’a Tournament in Pago Pago, American Samoa. [SN file photo/JD Hall]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday, $2.5 million in funding to American Samoa to support critical state conservation and outdoor recreation projects. The announcement is part of $1.1 billion in annual national funding going to state wildlife agencies from...