376
WORLD ATLAS OF CORAL REEFS
Protected areas with coral reefs
Site name
Designation
Abbreviation
lUCN cat.
Size ikm^i
Year
American Samoa
Fagatele Bay
National Marine Sanctuary
NaMS
IV
0.64
1986
National Park of American Saimoa
National Park
NP
II
37.25
1988
Rose Atoll
National Wildlife Refuge
NWR
la
6.53
1973
Samoa
Palolo Deep Marine
Reserve
R
IV
0.22
1979
Tafua Rainforest Reserve
Other area
ETC
IV
60.00
1990
brackish atoll lagoon. There is a small population of some
50 people on the island.
The vast majority of the rapidly growing population
of American Samoa lives on the southern shores of
Tutuila. Although fisheries are very important, changes in
the economy have meant that there is less reliance on
subsistence fishing than in the past. About 150 tons of
reef fish and invertebrates were taken by subsistence and
small-scale artisanal fisheries in 1994, and overfishing
has been shown to occur on Tutuila Island. There are
further problems arising from land-derived sediments and
pollutants. Although there is sewage treatment in the main
population centers there are still some nutrient inputs from
sewage in these areas and elsewhere. There are two tuna
canneries which used to add considerable amounts of
nutrients to Pago Pago harbor. These inputs have now been
substantially reduced with the construction of a treated
waste disposal pipe further offshore, and the dumping of
high nutrient waste at some 8 kilometers distance. The
coastline on Tutuila has been heavily impacted by road
building and construction, and nesting turtles have largely
stopped using the area.
A number of reefs and related habitats have been
declared as protected areas.
Tokelau
Samoa
American
Samoa
General Data
Population (thousands)
2
179
65
GDPImiUion US$1
na
90
na
Land area Ikm^l
20
2 803
187
Marine area (thousand km^l
290
120
390
Per capita fish consumption
(kg/yearl
129
32
na
Status and Threats
Reefs at risk |%|
95
U2
Recorded coral diseases
Biodiversity
Reef area (km^)
<50
A90
220
Coral diversity
na /210
na/211
150/212
Mangrove area (km^l
na
7
57
No. of mangrove species
na
3
3
No. of seagrass species
na
3
na
WORLD ATLAS OF CORAL REEFS
Protected areas with coral reefs
Site name
Designation
Abbreviation
lUCN cat.
Size ikm^i
Year
American Samoa
Fagatele Bay
National Marine Sanctuary
NaMS
IV
0.64
1986
National Park of American Saimoa
National Park
NP
II
37.25
1988
Rose Atoll
National Wildlife Refuge
NWR
la
6.53
1973
Samoa
Palolo Deep Marine
Reserve
R
IV
0.22
1979
Tafua Rainforest Reserve
Other area
ETC
IV
60.00
1990
brackish atoll lagoon. There is a small population of some
50 people on the island.
The vast majority of the rapidly growing population
of American Samoa lives on the southern shores of
Tutuila. Although fisheries are very important, changes in
the economy have meant that there is less reliance on
subsistence fishing than in the past. About 150 tons of
reef fish and invertebrates were taken by subsistence and
small-scale artisanal fisheries in 1994, and overfishing
has been shown to occur on Tutuila Island. There are
further problems arising from land-derived sediments and
pollutants. Although there is sewage treatment in the main
population centers there are still some nutrient inputs from
sewage in these areas and elsewhere. There are two tuna
canneries which used to add considerable amounts of
nutrients to Pago Pago harbor. These inputs have now been
substantially reduced with the construction of a treated
waste disposal pipe further offshore, and the dumping of
high nutrient waste at some 8 kilometers distance. The
coastline on Tutuila has been heavily impacted by road
building and construction, and nesting turtles have largely
stopped using the area.
A number of reefs and related habitats have been
declared as protected areas.
Tokelau
Samoa
American
Samoa
General Data
Population (thousands)
2
179
65
GDPImiUion US$1
na
90
na
Land area Ikm^l
20
2 803
187
Marine area (thousand km^l
290
120
390
Per capita fish consumption
(kg/yearl
129
32
na
Status and Threats
Reefs at risk |%|
95
U2
Recorded coral diseases
Biodiversity
Reef area (km^)
<50
A90
220
Coral diversity
na /210
na/211
150/212
Mangrove area (km^l
na
7
57
No. of mangrove species
na
3
3
No. of seagrass species
na
3
na