The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has produced traditional
lunar calendars for American Samoa since 2007. These calendars follow the traditional
Samoan calendar months and are designed to be a resource for the community to
learn about the moon phases and their relationship with the tides.
In addition to sharing traditional and cultural knowledge about fishing, the 2023
Amerika Samoa Lunar Calendar provides information about fishery monitoring and
seasonality for a different species each month. The lunar months, moon phases, and
traditional calendar months are given in Samoan. The moon phases in this calendar
are for Pago Pago Harbor as calculated by the HM Nautical Almanac (astro.ukho.gov.
uk/websurf). The tide charts with moon rise and set times were provided by OceanFun
Publishing, NZ.
