Asuemu Fuimaono, a landowner in Fagatele Bay, under a sign detailing what are considered to be violations in the sanctuary. (photo: Nancy Daschbach)

Children interested in the wildlife they see on the beach at Fagatele Bay. (photo: Kip Evans)

A man and two boys tending the umu, or underground oven. Traditionally, men did much of the cooking. (photo: Kip Evans)

Two boys bringing out the cooked taro and breadfruit. (photo: Kip Evans)

Samoan song and dance. Flag Day, 1998. (photo: Kip Evans)

Diver above some plate coral, Acorpora hycinthus. (photo: Kip Evans)

Diver. (photo: Kip Evans)

Diver above coral (Porites) that was fractured by dynamite. Dynamite, prohibited in Fagatele Bay, is used to stun or kill fish for either food or the tropical fish trade. (photo: Kip Evans)

Dr. Charles Birkeland photographing coral damaged by dynamite fishing. Dynamite fishing is prohibited in Fagatele Bay. (photo: Kip Evans)

Dr. Charles Birkeland surveying a coral transect in Fagatele Bay. (photo: Kip Evans)

Dr. Charles Birkeland surveying a coral transect. (photo: Kip Evans)

Diver taking notes about the condition of the coral within a sampling site. The area with the square around it is the sampling site. (photo: Kip Evans)

Two divers place a mooring buoy in the sanctuary. Mooring buoys allow boats to tie onto them, in order to prevent anchor damage to living coral. (photo: Mike Smith)

Reef survey after Hurricane Val in 1992. The survey was taken to assess the damage that the hurricane caused to the reef. (photo: Harold Hudson)

More coral damage from a dynamite blast. (photo: Nancy Daschbach)

This is the 70 ft. sampling site for temperature loggers in Fagatele Bay. (photo: Nancy Daschbach)

Le Tausagi doing a skit for a village group. Le Tausagi is an interdepartmental group of environmental educators who work together to bring their message to the public. (photo: Kip Evans)

The first EnviroDiscoveries summer camp held in 1993 in Futiga village. (photo: Nancy Daschbach)

Samoan Day at South Pacific Academy. (photo: Kip Evans)