Historic Fishing Methods in American Samoa
Herdrich and Armstrong. 2008. Historic Fishing Methods in American Samoa
This report focuses on traditional fishing practices in American Samoa before 1950. It relies on the observations of explorers, missionaries and ethnographers who recorded what they observed and learned from talking to Samoans of their day. Other reports about marine resources (e.g. Dye and Graham 2004; Linnekin et al 2006; Severance and Franco 1989) have described the general history and context of the Samoan Islands. We narrow the focus to look at fishing techniques over a roughly fifty year period, from 1900 to 1950, in order to outline continuity and innovation in fishing practices.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Herdrich; Armstrong
- Date of Issue
- 2008
- Units
- NPSA
- Keywords
- American Samoa, fishing methods, National Park of American Samoa, NPSA