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What is Life History of a Fish? Leone High School Science class led by teacher Tautasi Falanai are learning first hand from DMWR fisheries assistant biologist Sean Felise and key reef technician Pemerika Mahuka. [courtesy photo]
A few of Santa’s elves from the Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources (DMWR) coming together as they prepare gifts for the elderly. This initiative is spearheaded by the Governor to show appreciation for the TAOA folks during this Christmas season. [courtesy photo]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A team of NOAA scientists from the Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) presented a draft stock assessment of nine out of eleven federally managed bottomfish unit species to a panel of reviewers from the Center of Independent Experts (CIE) and Scientific and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) has received a grant under the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s America the Beautiful Challenge (ATBC) in the amount of $864,300 for rat and other invasive species eradication.
The “Swains Island Tropical...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than $200,000 in federal funding awarded to the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) was among the three projects in American Samoa that were awarded funds in fiscal year 2022, by NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office, according to a 2022...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) director, Taotasi Archie Soliai has informed the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that “bottomfishing is a culturally-important fishery in our islands” and that this “fishery was “damaged by the 2009 tsunami and has been...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fishing Industry Advisory Committee (FIAC) met last week to provide advice and recommendations to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPFMC) when it meets March 22-24, including the following issues that affect American Samoa.
PACIFIC STRATEGY...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) director Taotasi Archie Soliai has commended the U.S Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for “supporting our pelagic fisheries” through Amendment 9 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western...
Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources staff weighing and measuring fish caught on Wednesday during day-one of the Manu’a Flag Day Offshore Fishing Tournament on Ta’u Island. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Secretary of Interior, American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) and its director, Taotasi Archie Soliai, along with unnamed DMWR individuals and unnamed fishermen, are named as defendants in a new lawsuit filed in the federal court in...