40th Meeting, American Samoa
August 2018

Meeting Information

The 40th U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meeting was held in Pago Pago, American Samoa from August 13^th to the 16^th at the Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium.

The agenda for the public Business Meeting on August 16th, 2018 can be accessed here.

Presentation List

• U.S. All Islands Committee Chair's Report
• U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Steering Committee Update
• American Samoa Coral Reefs Through Time, Dr. Charles Birkeland, Professor Emeritus at University of Hawaii
• NOAA Protected Resources Coral ID Program and State of American Samoa's Reefs, Dr. Doug Fenner, Consultant for Coral Reef Consulting
• Report out from the Disaster Response Workshop, Va�amua Henry Sesepasara, Director American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources
• Restoration Success and Needs (including Green Infrastructure) Georgia Coward, Benthic Ecologist American Samoa Coral Reef Advisory Group
• Territorial Marine Science Center Motusaga Vaeso, NOAA Coral Reef Management Fellow, American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources