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[9 Online] Papahanaumokuakea in 'Good Condition' | KGMB9 News Hawaii | (KGMB9): Co-trustee agencies, in cooperation with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, manage the monument through the Monument Management Board. The Monument area includes the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge/Battle of Midway National Memorial, Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Kure Atoll Seabird Sanctuary, and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands State Marine Refuge.

[America.Gov Latest Items from Washington] United States Creates World’s Largest Marine Protected Area: “This is a landmark achievement for conservation, protection and enhancement of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands,” said U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who oversees the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which will serve as a new custodian of the marine reserve. “Approximately one quarter of the species here are found nowhere else in the world and a marine national monument will provide comprehensive, permanent protection to this region.”

[Inside Thirteen] Inside Thirteen » Blog Archive » Schedule: Programs on the ...: Explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau and his team set off to all 13 of the National Marine Sanctuaries and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument to learn about their characteristics. In addition to understanding marine life, the team hopes to find treasures in the water, including a sunken ship from Civil War times.

[Coast Guard News] Environmental enforcers of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ...: The monument includes all waters within 50 miles of the islands, reefs and atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The area includes the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge/Battle of Midway National Memorial, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands State Marine Refuge, the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, and Kure Atoll State Wildlife Sanctuary.

[MauiToday.tv] MauiToday.tv » Blog Archive: The monument falls within the Fourteenth Coast Guard District’s area of responsibility and is one of the most remote areas of the world. There are approximately 60 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel and contractors at Midway and a handful of State of Hawaii and FWS scientists on other small islands, but the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are mostly uninhabited.

[Clean Future Energy - News Blog] Press Release: Ocean Conservationists Celebrate President Bush’s ...: Having established the first US marine national monument in 2006 in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands , which comprises 139797 square miles, President Bush has now protected more of the ocean than any other president.

[Obama Warns of Prospect for Trillion-Dollar Deficits] Mr. Bush’s Monument: That created a single monument larger than all the country’s national parks combined. If you judge the actions of presidential conservationists solely by the sheer size of planetary surface they protected during their time in office, .

[Dear Kitty. Some blog] Dear Kitty. Some blog :: New bamboo coral species discovered off ...: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the six of the seven species found off Hawaii may represent entirely new genera, calling it a “remarkable feat” given the broad classification a genus represents. The coral was discovered among the islands of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument using a submersible research vessel in 2007.

[Environmental Law Prof Blog] Environmental Law Prof Blog: Even George Wants a Legacy: "These islands, some 5,600 miles from California, are home to astriking diversity of marine life - from large predators like sharksand rays, to more than 300 species of stony corals. By studying thesepristine waters, scientists can advance our understanding of tropicalmarine ecosystems not only there, but around the world,"

[AmericasNewsToday.Com /.Org - Industry's First Blog-Format News and Editorial Site] White House Press Briefing by Teleconference with Jim Connaughton: Again, with respect to the coral reef ecosystems in the 50 nautical mile areas around these islands, commercial fishing will be precluded. With respect to the bottom geologic resource, so the trench, the Marianas Trench, and the undersea active volcanoes and hydrothermal vents, we just don't deal with fishing because it's not relevant to the protection of the resource.

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