Samoa’s ocean is filled with deep trenches, underwater seamounts and coral reefs teeming with sea life. The new MPAs protect a place that is home to critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles ...

As islands in the Pacific Ocean basin, American Sāmoa and Hawaiʻi have strong connections across marine ecosystems and cultures. While Hawaiʻi has banned seabed mining in state waters, which extend ...

Samoa becomes one of the first Pacific nations to legally protect 30% of its ocean, ahead of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference. APIA, CA, UNITED STATES, June 13, 2025 ...

The MPAs mean that Samoa meets its 30×30 ocean commitment, part of a worldwide agreement to protect 30% of Earth’s land and ocean by 2030 that countries made at the 2022 U.N. Biodiversity ...