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Sanctuary Advisory Council membership

Established in 2005, the Sanctuary Advisory Council provides advice and recommendations on managing and protecting the sanctuary. The council comprises 11 government and 14 non-governmental representatives. Serving in a volunteer capacity, the council members represent a variety of local user groups, as well as the general public. Sanctuary Advisory Council primary members serve three-year terms and meet several times each year in public sessions.

Sanctuary Advisory Council members

Non-government members

Voting

  • Research
  • Education
  • Fishing (2 Seats)
  • Ocean recreation
  • Tourism
  • Business/industry
  • Diving
  • Community-at-large representatives (five seats)
    • East side of Tutuila
    • West side of Tutuila
    • Manuʻa islands
    • Swains Island
    • Aunuʻu Island

Non-voting

  • Student member (age 14-25)
  • American Samoa Government

Government members

Voting

  • American Samoa Government Department of Commerce
    • Resource division
  • American Samoa Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources
  • American Samoa Community College / Sea Grant
  • American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency

Non-voting

  • NOAA Office of Law Enforcement (OLE)
  • NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office
  • National Park Service of American Samoa
  • Sanctuary Superintendent
  • Sanctuaries Pacific Regional Director
  • U.S. Coast Guard