You know, my concern is that our people
are not doing enough to take care of our
ocean and our water and marine life and
our island and in order for it to be
healthy, you know, we need to get the word out.
My name is Paula Stevenson McDonald
and i am the owner of South Pacific Watersports
and also the president of our outrigger canoe club, Le Vasa.
When they come out here, come out here on the canoe,
they're reconnected with the ocean.
And they appreciate that, think about our ancestors, think about our culture and
our way of life, and how we got here.
So that they want to take care of the ocean.
It's very important, this partnership that we have with the sanctuary.
It allows us to reach further into the community in helping to educate them
about what we have to offer and what the sanctuary has to offer.
Being born and raised here in American Samoa,
just our love of our culture and our ocean,
it's so important for me to do our best as a business
and as a local here, Samoan.
And I'm doing my best with the help of the sanctuary
and I continue to work with them to figure out
how else we we can spread the word and
really educate our people.