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- Historic Fishing Methods in American Samoa
- Report discussing the historic fishing practices that are common place among American Samoans. Report includes fishing techniques, types of fishing, and variation between villages.
- American Samoa: A Descriptive and Historical Profile
- This report provides details on the geography, economy, government, and history of American Samoa. In addition, it summarizes some of the key events that occurred in the early 1970s in the U.S. territory.
- American Samoa Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
- This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on American Samoa.
- EPA Review of American Samoa 2016 Section 303(d) List
- Review document describing the rationale for the Environmental Protection Agencies' approval of American Samoa's 2016 Section 303(d) water quality limited waters list.
- American Somoa as a Fishing Community
- From abstract: Monitoring the institutional, socioeconomic, and cultural aspects of fishing is just as important as monitoring fish populations and habitat in ensuring American Samoa's ability to sustain itself as a fishing community.
- Mount 'Alava via cable car
- Photograph of a cable car passing through the mountains of Mount 'Alava in Pago Pago in Samoa.
- Coastal view
- Photograph of a coastal view in Pago Pago in Samoa.
- [Letter from Tomás Torres to Ameko Pato, August 25, 2016]
- Letter written by the director of the Water Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region IX to the Director of the EPA in American Samoa in response tot he Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment report for 2016. The letter provides approval of American Samoa's 2016 Section 303(d) list under the Clean Water Act and summarizes several other aspects of the regulations.
- [News Script: Pope reportedly tired from tour]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
- Institutional Analysis of Community-based Marine Resource Management Initiatives in Hawai'i and American Samoa
- From executive summary: This document provides and analysis of two fisheries policies designed to develop community-based marine research management insitutions in the Western Pacific Region of the United States as delineated in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
- [News Script: With Apollo]
- Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Apollo 14 coming back to earth.
- [News Script: Apollo 14]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Apollo 14 astronauts being home bound.
- [News Script: Plane and Herman Bank]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 6 out of 101 persons aboard who are reported alive after the crash of a Pan American jet during its landing approach at Pago Pago, Samoa. Also, police who captured a gunman who took over a bank for 6 hours, and got 257-thousand dollars in ran son and drove around for four hours with a hostage.
- [News Script: Astronaut taxes]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Apollo 13 astronauts stopping off in American Samoa where Governor John Haydon had gifts for each of them. In addition, Haydon gave Astronaut Swigert his 10-40 income tax form, who failed to file before his mission.
- [News Script: Aboard the U-S-S New Orleans]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Apollo 14 astronauts heading to Earth.
- Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress
- This report presents information on Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, including previous occupations and leadership positions (such as committee and subcommittee chairmanships), and the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. It also provides a list of Members' and Delegates' party affiliations, length and dates of service, and committee assignments. Also included in the report is a map showing the total number of Asian Pacific Americans and the states or territories they represent in the 113th Congress.
- Injury Determinations for Cetaceans Observed Interacting with Hawaii and American Samoa Longline Fisheries during 2007-2011
- The following report presents reports of interactions between the cetaceans with Hawaii and American Samoa longline fisheries. Compiled here are injury and death reports concerning the dolphin as a summary of the mortality rates and injury severity observed during interactions.
- Injury Determinations for Marine Mammals Observed Interacting with Hawaii and American Samoa Longline Fisheries During 2009-2013
- The following document is a compilation of reports of marine mammal interactions with the Hawaii and American Samoa longline fisheries during 2009-2013, including the assessments of the number of marine mammal deaths, serious injuries, and non-serious injuries by fishery, species, and management areas.
- Stock Assessment Updates if the Bottomfish Management Unit Species of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam in 2015 Data through 2013
- From abstract: This report conducts a strict stock assessment update of the Bottomfish Management Unit Species (BMUS) complexes in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam, using the same base case production model as used in the previous stock assessment (Brodziak et al., 2012), but with an additional 3 years of catch and nominal catch-per-unit-effort as input data...This paper also conducts stock projections for 2016 and 2017.
- Amendments to 1987 Treaty on Fisheries with Pacific Island States : message from the President of the United States transmitting amendments to the 1987 Treaty on Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America, with annexes and agreed statements, done at Port Moresby, April 2, 1987 (The "Treaty"), done at Koror, Palau, March 30, 1999, and at Kiritimati, Kiribati, March 24, 2002 : also transmitted, related amendments to the treaty annexes, and the memorandum of understanding
- This treaty further develops relationships between the United States and Pacific nations in the areas of fisheries management and conservation.
- South Pacific Regional Environment Programme Agreement : message from the President of the United States transmitting agreement establishing the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, done at Apia on June 16, 1993
- The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme is to promote cooperation in the South Pacific islands region and to provide assistance in order to protect and improve the environment and to ensure sustainable development.
- Estimates of the Catch and Effort by Foreign Tuna Longliners and Baitboats in the Fishery Conservation Zone of the Central and Western Pacific, 1965-77
- From introduction: The primary purpose of this report is to summarize available information on the nominal effort and the catch of tunas and billfishes by these foreign longline fleets in the U.S. FCZ (Fishery Conservation Zone) of the central and western Pacific during the period 1965-77.
- Structured Flotsam as Fish Aggregating Devices
- Abstract: A modern adaptation of an old fishing technique is gaining recognition in the Pacific and elsewhere as an effective means to increase fishing productivity in the open sea. The use of man-made, free-floating, and anchored floating devices to aggregate pelagic fishes for subsistence, recreational and commercial fishing has increased markedly in recent years; estimates of deployed and planned units exceed 1,000. These devices have been anchored in depths ranging from several hundred to several thousand fathoms. This report reviews the development and present use of fish aggregating devices in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
- [News Script: Jet Crash]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the death toll in crash of a Pan American 707 jetliners which has risen to 92.
- Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress
- Asian Pacific Americans have served in both houses of Congress representing California, Hawaii, Louisiana, Oregon, Virginia, American Samoa, and Guam. They have served in leadership positions, including committee and subcommittee chairmanships. This report presents information on Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, including party affiliations, length and dates of service, and committee assignments.
- The Pacific Islands: Policy Issues
- This report presents Congress with a diverse array of policy issues regarding Pacific Islands region, also known as the South Pacific or Southwest Pacific.
- National Coastal Condition Report IV
- This report assesses the condition of the nation's estuaries and costal embayments, including the coastal waters of the conterminous United States, Southeastern Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- The Pacific Islands: Policy Issues
- This report provides background on the Pacific Islands region and discusses related issues for Congress. It discusses U.S. relations with Pacific Island countries as well as the influence of other powers in the region, including Australia, China, and other external actors. It includes sections on U.S. foreign assistance to the region, the Compacts of Free Association, and issues related to climate change, which has impacted many Pacific Island countries.
- Convention concerning migratory fish stock in the Pacific Ocean : message from the President of the United States transmitting Convention on the Conservation and Management of the Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, with annexes ("WCPF Convention"), which was adopted at Honolulu on September 5, 2000, by the Multilateral High Level Conference on the Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
- This treaty governs mechanisms designed to ensure long-term conservation and sustainable use of certain species of fish, including tuna, swordfish, and marlin.
- [News Script: News roundup]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story covering major events in New Jersey, Germany, and Belfast.
- [News Script: Plane Crash]
- Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a Pan American 707 jetliner crashed and burst into flames short of the runway at Pago Pago, Soma.