Masausi, American Samoa
The village of Masausi is a locality in the Eastern District of American Samoa. Masausi is situated near the villages of Sa'ilele and Utuloa.[1] The village is reached from a road in Faga’itua.[2] An archeoligcal site known as AS-23-7 is located at Masausi. Along the coast, between the Vaipito and Panota Streams, Kirch and Hunt collected two artifacts. One was a butt of a roughly flaked, quadrangular adze.[3]
The Community-Based Fisheries Program (CFMP) was established in 2000 to empower villages in American Samoa to develop and implement their own marine protection policies. This initiative encourages local stewardship of marine resources, with several villages, including Masausi (home to the Masausi Village Marine Protected Area), voluntarily participating in the program. By 2016, Village Marine Protected Areas (VMPAs) collectively encompassed approximately 25% of the coral reef areas in American Samoa.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ American Samoa Visitors Bureau. Retrieved on November 29, 2024, from https://www.americansamoa.travel/masausi
- ^ Goodwin, Bill (2006). Frommer's South Pacific. Wiley. Page 401. ISBN 9780471769804.
- ^ Clark, Jeffrey T. and David J. Herdrich (1988). “The Eastern Tutuila Archaeological Project, 1986: Final Report”. American Samoa Historic Preservation Office. Page 23.
- ^ Poblete, JoAnna (2020). Balancing the Tides: Marine Practices in American Sāmoa. Sustainable History Monograph Pilot. Pages 113-115. ISBN 9780824883515.