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National Park of American Samoabutterfly fish at Ofu Lagoon.
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National Park of American Samoa
Natural History Guide to the Park
 
Tutuila coastline and the Pola Islands.
NPS photo by Tavita Togia.
Natural History Guide to Samoa.

The Natural History Guide to the Park is a comprehensive guide to the park's geology, geography and biota.  View as file (10.1 MB)or download pdf file (13.4 MB). 
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Fish Inventory
Lots of pictures of our local fishes
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Coral Inventory
More than 200 species, many illustrated
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Collared kingfisher
Nature
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sea slug
Marine Invertebrates,
illustrated list
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Lobster, shrimp, fish, and breadfruit—a sumptuous meal of local village subsistence resources  

Did You Know?
The Act of Congress which established this national park allowed limited subsistence fishing and farming (the parklands are theirs—it is merely leased for park purposes). This lavish example of a village celebratory feast came from local reef waters.

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Last Updated: July 02, 2009 at 15:49 EST