Exploring Rose Atoll (American Samoa)!
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Join us as we visit the southernmost tip of the United States of America!
The American Samoa Visitors Bureau (Executive Director T. Minnie Tuia & Tamiano Gurr) were truly blessed with the opportunity to visit and showcase some of this amazing footage from Rose Atoll.
The trip was lead by Brian Peck, the Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Manager, and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument Superintendent under U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Also on the trip surveying/collecting data were Natasha Ripley, Motu Vaeoso, and Valentine Vaeoso from the Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG).
Here is an excerpt from USFWS PACIFIC, on the historical and cultural significance of Rose Atoll:
"Rose Atoll plays a significant role in Samoan culture and in supporting a diverse ecosystem. The Samoan names for the atoll include Motu o Manu or “Islands of Seabirds” and Nu’u o Manu or “Village of Seabirds”. The people of Ta’u Island also have their own name for the small atoll referring to it as either Muliava, “The End of the Reef” or Muli A’au, “The Last Reef.” Though it is 75 miles from the nearest island, Samoans traditionally used this area as fishing grounds under the din of flying seabirds and amidst colorful, shallow reefs.
The island got its common name when French explorer Louis de Freycinet arrived in 1819 and named the atoll after his wife Rose de Freycinet who traveled with him.
In 1973, Rose Atoll became a National Wildlife Refuge managed under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cooperatively with the American Samoa Government. This expanded on January 6, 2009 by Presidential Proclamation 8337 to become a Marine National Monument co-managed by the Service, American Samoa Government, and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA).
This atoll in the Pacific Ocean holds a critical role as one of the last remaining refuges for certain seabird, turtle, and marine species of the Central Pacific.
The fringing reef geographically outlines the atoll in almost the shape of a perfect square, and has a pink hue. This is the crustose coralline algae that is the building block of the reef: unique from the other Samoan islands.
Each side of the atoll is about 1.5 miles in length and contains the only two islands in the monument: Rose and Sand. The monument itself is over 10,000 square miles. It’s not a very large place, but it holds the largest populations of giant clams, nesting green sea turtles, nesting seabirds, and some rare species of reef fish in American Samoa.
Marine species that have depleted as much as 98% worldwide, are found abundantly within the Monument. These include giant clams, Maori wrasse, large parrotfishes, and blacktip, whitetip, and gray reef sharks. The endangered hawksbill and threatened green sea turtles are seen here frequently, and the green sea turtles annually nest here in large numbers alongside protected marine mammals like humpback whales, pilot whales, and porpoises.
In addition to all of these well-known ambassadors of the ocean, the Monument is home to:
• Around 100 species of stony corals
• 272 species of reef fish
• 7 new species of reef fish discovered
• 97% of American Samoa’s seabird population
• 12 species of federally protected migratory seabirds
• 5 species of federally protected shorebirds
• 1 species of forest bird
Basically what you need to know from all these numbers is that the Monument is important, diverse, and a “hope spot” for ocean health.”
- Source: https://usfwspacific.tumblr.com/post/184301210265/rose-atoll-marine-national-monument-celebrates-its
Video Edit: @TraciPorotesano
Video Footage: Tamiano Gurr, Natasha Ripley, Motu Vaeoso, and Valentine Vaeoso |
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