![soft corals (Dendronephthya spp.) were photographed at 148 feet in American Samoa. [photo: Anthony Montgomery, under Creative Commons License]](/sites/default/files/mesophoticCORAL_ASM.png)
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This month, NOAA is announcing $2.4 million in funding for a four-year research project studying mesophotic coral ecosystems in American Samoa, including reefs within the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa and the National Park of American Samoa.
