Fagatele Bay was designated a National Marine Sanctuary in 1986 by Congress and is co-managed by the American Samoa government through a partnership between NOAA and the local Department of Commerce.

WASHINGTON (CN) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced that a July rule expanding and renaming the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary in American Samoa is now in ...

Rose Atoll, part of the new National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. Dr. Jean Kenyon, NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC A pristine tropical reef that has weathered several natural disasters is now part of ...

FAGATELE BAY, Samoa (KHNL) -- It's the smallest and most remote of the 13 National Marine Sanctuaries. Yet Fagatele Bay in American Samoa boasts some of the highest marine life diversity. It's an ...

FAGATELE BAY, AMERICAN SAMOA » It is what the coves of Oahu must have resembled a century ago: a place teeming with rich, healthy, diverse marine life, where the sea floor remains visible 60 feet ...

A pristine tropical reef that has weathered several natural disasters is now part of America's largest marine sanctuary. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) finalized a huge ...