The Service will hold an in-person two-hour joint public meetings with the National Marine Fisheries Service on August 16, 2023, for the proposed laumei enaʻena (green sea turtle) critical habitat. The first hour of the public meetings will be comprised of brief informational presentations from each of the USFWS and NMFS proposed green turtle critical habitat designations and a 15-minute question-and-answer period. The second hour will be dedicated to a public hearing period for oral comments on, both, the USFWS terrestrial and NMFS marine proposed designations.
The in-person meeting will take place from 6:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m Samoan time. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. No registration is required.
Location: Rex H. Lee Auditorium, Utulei, Eastern District, American Samoa 96799