Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
The Marine Protected Area Program - AS Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Physical Description:
48 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Language
English
Record ID:
36615
Legacy PEIN ID:
76622
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Marine resources - Management - American Samoa
Environment - Protection
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Marine resource
Marine resource management
Marine resources - Pacific - Oceania
Protected areas
Marine resources - American Samoa
American Samoa
Abstract
American Samoa is a tropical island located at approximately 14º South and 170º West in the South Pacific. American Samoa consists of five volcanic islands (Tutuila, Aunu'u, Ofu, Olosega and Ta'u), one coral atoll (Rose Atoll) and one low lying island (Swains Island). It is an unincorporated territory of the United States (U.S.) and is the only U.S. jurisdiction in the South Pacific. The most recent population estimate of 70,100 (U.S. DOC 2009) is approximately 13,000 more than the population in 2000 according to the U.S. Census. The islands are surrounded by steeply sloping coral reefs inhabited by over 250 species of coral and over 961 species of fish (Craig 2009). The majority of the population lives on the main island of Tutuila. Tutuila has a land area of 138 km2 and has steeply sloping terrain which provides very little cultivable land for the inhabitants.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
The Marine Protected Area Program - AS Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Physical Description:
48 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Language
English
Record ID:
36615
Legacy PEIN ID:
76622
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 15-Jun-2010
Record Modified: 17-Dec-2020