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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa this weekend signed a groundbreaking new agreement to conserve 30 per cent of its ocean area and sustain its resources for the long-term.
Some 36,000 square kilometres of new fully-protected Marine Protected Areas inside Samoa’s Exclusive Economic Zone is expected to result from...
![Weighing in the catch during the 2012 Steinlager International I’a Lapo’a Tournament in Pago Pago, American Samoa. [SN file photo/JD Hall]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/%20WEBFishing%20tourn%20day2_91.8%20lbs%20yellowfin%20.jpg?itok=eufhbtcP "Weighing in the catch during the 2012 Steinlager International I’a Lapo’a Tournament in Pago Pago, American Samoa. [SN file photo/JD Hall]")
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday, $2.5 million in funding to American Samoa to support critical state conservation and outdoor recreation projects.
The announcement is part of $1.1 billion in annual national funding going to state wildlife agencies from...