Eighteenth Meeting American Samoa August 20-23, 2007
Decision Items
Resolutions
Presentations
Member Updates
- U.S. All Island Committee
- American Samoa
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Guam
- U.S. Virgin Islands
Steering Committee Updates
- Reefs for the Future
- Injury Response Working Group Update
- 2007 Coral Reef Scholar's Experience
- Economic Valuation of Coastal Resources - Applying Research and Results into Action
- Aua Coral Reef Survey
- Navassa Island Update
Special Session: Coral Reef Ecosystems in a Changing Climate
- Coral Reef Ecosystems in a Changing Climate: An Overview
- Global Perspective and USCRTF Efforts
- A Pacific Regional Perspective on Climate Change Implications for the Pacific
Special Session: Conserving Coral Reef Ecosystems: A Regional Approach Sharing Across Regions: Ecologically, Culturally, and Socially
- Regional Approaches to Coral Reef Ecosystem Management
- Our Sea of Islands: Challenges and Opportunities
- Micronesian Case Study
- A Regional Framework for an MPA Network in American Samoa
- American Samoa Ecological Data
Management Implications, Applications, & Capacity Building Opportunities
- The Samoan Experience
- SPC's Regional Perspective in Applying Community-Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management
- Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) Marine and Coastal Program
- Pacific Islands Program - Opportunities for Regional Collaboration
Public Comment
Coral Reef Alliance, Rick MacPherson
Hawai'i Audubon Society, Linda Paul
Sierra Club and Reef Check, Dave Raney (oral)
Sierra Club and Reef Check, Dave Raney (written)
Workshops
Monday, August 20, 2007 Traditional Knowledge
Session 1: Marine Management Practices
- Examples and Recommendations for Implementing Traditional Knowledge and Marine Management Practices
- Fagasa Bay
Session 2: MPA Managers
- Translating Traditional Knowledge Into Management
- Conservation and Traditional Village Communities: The American Samoa Experience
- Science and Traditional Knowledge: An Arranged Marriage That Works
Session 3: Sharing Traditional Knowledge Regionally
- Micronesians in Island Conservation Networks
- American Samoa Coral Reef MPA Network Strategy
- Use of Village Bye-Laws in Marine Conservation and Fisheries Management
Session Recommendations
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Economic Valuation
- Agenda and Fact Sheet
- Economic Valuation of Coral Reefs and Adjacent Habitat in American Samoa - Final Report
- Economic Valuation of the Coral Reefs of Hawai'i - Final Report
- Role of Economic Value-Based Information in Determining Visitor Fee Pricing in MPAs