Table extracted from the Local Fisheries Regulations 1995 - this specifies the species of fish in respect of which the Director may declare a period or periods when fishing for such species is prohibited.
In December 2017 the 100 Island Challenge partnered with American Samoa Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources Coral Reef Advisory Group to survey reefs around the islands of Savai'i and Upolu of Samoa.
Direct link to all of Samoa's species occurrences on GBIF records
Link to the Samoa's datasets hosted on GBIF website
"This document represents a concise but nevertheless comprehensive report on the State of the Environment in Western Samoa. It was prepared as supporting documentation to the National Environment and Development Management Strategies document and process which culminated in Cabinet-endorsed strategies aimed at ensuring that present and future development activities within Western Samoa are undertaken with all due consideration for sustaining environmental quality. This State of Environment Report was one of several documents prepared for this process."
The 2006 State of Environment Report (SOE) Report illustrates very clearly Samoa‟s environmental
vulnerabilities and challenges, as well as supporting the creation of a more enabling sustainable
development environment. Much of this Report, however, summarizes the current state of knowledge
about the environment of Samoa. It instigates the move towards identifying Sustainable
Environmental Management (SEM) indicators, and then covers them separately in the areas of
climate change and ozone depletion, coastal and marine resources, water resources, land resources,
Reviewing and reporting the state of the environment of Samoa is an important part of the government’s mandate for achieving environmentally sound and sustainable development. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) is entrusted with the responsibility of coordinating the monitoring and review of the state of Samoa’s environment with the cooperation and support of its stakeholders in line Ministries, Non-Governmental Organisations and the wider community.
This updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) sets out Samoa’s priorities for biodiversity conservation to 2020. It updates the original NBSAP (2001), building on that document and taking on board trends and issues reported in the Samoa State of Environment 2013 and the National Environment Sector Plan 2013 – 2016, as well as issues raised during the consultation process for the updated NBSAP.
The Strategy outlines the state of Samoa’s biological resources and actions to curb their degradation and achieve their sustainable development at the time. It is the country’s foremost expression of commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity which it has ratified on the eve of the Convention’s accession.
A review of terrestrial biological knowledge for Samoa and identify gaps in existing biological information.
Assessing Samoa's situation with regard to sustainable development in the past decade.
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union
Access to resources for practitioners in their battle against invasive species.
This report presents the results from the Biological Rapid Assessment Programme (BIORAP) of three Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) for the SMSMCL project.
Developing a vision for the next 50 years
Why mynas are a problem and what methods are currently been implemented to control and/or eradicate mynas from cities, islands, and countries.
The objectives of this document include managing a number of key forest areas where the bird is still found, eliminating hunting as a threat to the birds, establishing new populations of the birds, improving our understanding of the bird through ecological research, investigating captive breeding as a conservation tactic, increasing public awareness and education about the need for bird conservation, promoting the partnerships that are necessary to implement the plan and establishing a special bird recovery group to monitor and guide plan implementation.
The Framework has been developed within the context of Samoa’s national development priorities and takes into account the need to protect the environment and human health.
Please submit new information or corrections as the reviews will be updated annually.