Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)


Print Feedback Export to File
7766055 
Book/Book Chapter 
The Impact of the U.S. Imperial Grants System on Indigenous Marine Programs 
Poblete, J 
2020 
University of Hawai'i Press 
Balancing the Tides 
111-134 
This chapter explores two American Sāmoa Government (ASG) marine programs centered on territorial waters from the shore to three miles out: the Community-Based Fisheries Management Program and data collection on fishing efforts in the region. While local staff members run and maintain these initiatives on a daily basis, the U.S. federal government funds and regulates most projects. The expectations attached to grant money has resulted in the incorporation of western practices and standards into traditional indigenous marine protection processes. This interweaving of local and U.S. procedures has resulted in greater ocean health. However, nonnative influences have also shaped the priorities