Endangered Species Act
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local students ranging from kindergarten to high school got together at the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center on Tuesday March 19, to celebrate Conservation Arts Day by highlighting through art, the importance of conserving and protecting endangered marine species.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Ocean lovers in grades K–12 shared their love for endangered ocean animals through art. Youth in American Samoa, the Mariana Islands, and Hawai‘i celebrated 50 years of protecting marine life under the Endangered Species Act. Since 1973, NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish...

![ESA@50 Art Contest participants with their canvases. [photo: Isabel H. NMSAS] ESA@50 Art Contest participants](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eso50_art_competition_5.jpg?itok=3ud1UfK1)
![“Think of Us" by Christina H., was named to 1st Place in American Samoa, grades 6–8, with a digital illustration. [courtesy photo] “Think of Us" by Christina H.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/noaa_art_6-8_1st_place.jpg?itok=6CgiI2Nf)