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You know, my concern is that our people

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are not doing enough to take care of our

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ocean and our water and marine life and

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our island and in order for it to be

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healthy, you know, we need to get the word out.

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My name is Paula Stevenson McDonald

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and i am the owner of South Pacific Watersports

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and also the president of our outrigger canoe club, Le Vasa.

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When they come out here, come out here on the canoe,

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they're reconnected with the ocean.

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And they appreciate that, think about our
ancestors, think about our culture and

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our way of life, and how we got here.

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So that they want to take care of the ocean.

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It's very important, this partnership
that we have with the sanctuary.

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It allows us to reach further into the
community in helping to educate them

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about what we have to offer and what the
sanctuary has to offer.

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Being born and raised here in American Samoa,

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just our love of our culture and our ocean,

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it's so important for me to do our best as a business

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and as a local here, Samoan.

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And I'm doing my best with the help of the sanctuary

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and I continue to work with them to figure out

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how else we we can spread the word and

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really educate our people.