Pacific Marine Protected Areas
Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 American Samoa. Download (mp4, 99.4 MB)

This expedition is part of the three-year Campaign to Address the Pacific monument Science, Technology, and Ocean NEeds (CAPSTONE), a foundational science initiative to support science and management decisions within and around U.S. marine protected areas in the central and western Pacific. In addition to collecting valuable data on the biology and geology of the region, throughout the expedition, scientists encountered a range of beautiful and unusual life, highlighting the uniqueness and importance of these national symbols of ocean conservation.

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