Coral Reef Advisory Group
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — According to the International Year of the Reef 2018 website, "the world's coral reefs are under threat". It's no secret that global warming and man-made pollutants are putting coral reefs at risk. And in an effort to get locals to become more proactive in addressing the...

![A photo of an octopus living off one of the reefs in American Samoa waters. Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has declared 2018 as Year of the Reef in American Samoa. The US Coral Reef Forum is scheduled to happen in the territory later this year in August. See story for details. [photo: Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP)]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/octopus.jpg?itok=HmH0xvsB)