American Samoa fishing community profile, 2013 update

"The purpose of this report is to provide an update to American Samoa as a Fishing Community (Levine and Allen, 2009), which describes the extent to which American Samoa is engaged in and dependent on fishery resources economically, socially, and culturally. On April 19, 1999, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) approved the designation of American Samoa as a fishing community (64 FR 19067). This designation stemmed from the 1996 reauthorization and amendment of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act by enactment of the Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA), which also renamed it the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). The SFA made it mandatory to include the effects that new fisheries regulations or changes to existing ones would have on people (fishermen and fishing communities) in the development of fishery management plans. Fishing community profiles were developed to describe the current state of fishing communities throughout the United States (U.S.) so that future changes to communities' engagement in and dependence on fishing and fisheries resources could be identified and monitored"--Introduction. [doi:10.7289/V5W66HQ4 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5W66HQ4)] Cynthia A. Grace-McCaskey. "February 2015." doi:10.7289/V5W66HQ4 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5W66HQ4) System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-33). 2015 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) Library http://doi.org/10.7289/V5W66HQ4 Public Domain 1863