Endangered species in American Samoa and a conservation strategy for their protection (an interim report)
Natural Resources Commission. 1991. Endangered species in American Samoa and a conservation strategy for their protection (an interim report). Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources biological report. 17. Natural Resources Commission. Pago Pago, American Samoa
This interim report describes the progress of the Natural Resources Commission in identifying endangered and threatened species within the Territory of American Samoa and developing a management plan to protect them. A list of almost 100 species of plants and animals was selected for evaluation. These species were evaluated and classified as one of the following: "endangered", "threatened", "special concern", "locally extinct", or "not of immediate concern". Four endangered and three threatened species are identified. Endangered: giant clam, hawksbill turtle, humpback whale, oriental mangrove -- Threatened: Samoan fruit bat, many-colored fruit dove, green turtle.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Natural Resources Commission
- Date of Issue
- 1991-06-01
- Publisher
- Natural Resources Commission
- Units
- NPSA , PACN
- Keywords
- American Samoa, Animal Studies, Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill turtle (Eretomochelys imbricata), Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), Many-colored fruit dove (Ptilinopus perousii), Samoan Fruit Bat (Pteropus samoensis), Samoan fruit bat (Pteropus tonganus), Sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata), Threatened & Endangered Species