Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in the Press
'Yellowstone of Oceans'
News Articles
2007
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Conservationists and Fishers Face Off Over Hawaii's Marine Riches
MCB News 07/19/07 -
Groups demand fisheries oversight
The Garden Island 07/04/07 -
Fisheries council faulted on ethics, lobbying rules
Star Bul 06/21/07 -
Fishermen lead efforts to oust Young
Hon Weekly News 04/11/07 -
Fishers to lose 'exciting' livelihood
Hon Adv 03/06/07 -
White House Announces NWHI Hawaiian Name
White House Press Release 03/02/07 -
Laura Bush touts the Northwest Isles' ecological value after visiting Midway
Star Bul 03/02/07 -
Deep-ocean fish stocks threatened
Hon Adv 02/20/07 -
Fishing council: stocks lower than thought
Pac Bus News 02/19/07 -
First lady to visit Honolulu, marine national monument
Hon Adv 02/16/07 -
Pacific neighbors hold key in preserving NW isles
Hon Adv 02/04/07 -
Vessel caught fishing in monument
The Garden Isle 01/30/07 -
$8 million sought to manage Northwestern Isles
Star Bul 01/27/07 -
Longliner caught fishing Northwestern Islands
Hon Adv 01/26/07 -
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation And Management Reauthorization Act Of 2006
White House Press Release 01/12/07 -
Fishing clubs assail Wespac head
Hon Adv 01/03/07
2006
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A Struggle to Preserve a Hawaiian Archipelago and Its Varied Wildlife
NY Times 12/19/06 -
Pew trust gives up on fishermen buyouts
Hon Adv 11/03/06 -
Hawaiian waters protected but not immune to decline
Hon Adv 11/03/06 -
Hawaii atoll trip IDs 100 new species
Star Bul 10/31/06 -
Trove of new species at French Frigate Shoals
Hon Adv 10/31/06 -
Scientists to survey ocean worms, slugs
Hon Adv 10/10/06 -
Northwest Hawaiian Island Monument to protect marine resources
Molokai Island Times 09/30/06 -
Scientists seek to unravel mystery of disappearing seals
Daily Herald 09/03/06 -
Bush official to discuss environmental issues
Star Bul 08/31/06 -
Some fishermen open to buyout proposals
Star Bul 08/31/06 -
Bird-flu monitoring to include trapping
Hon Adv 08/10/06 -
Most back new U.S. marine monument
Star Bul 08/07/06 -
Few effects seen in closing NW fishery
Star Bul 08/06/06 -
End of bottomfishing unlikely to hurt economy, study says
Hon Adv 07/28/06 -
Council supports commercial fishing in Northwestern monument
Hon Adv 07/27/06 -
Poll shows broad support for Pacific marine monument
Hon Adv 07/18/06 -
NW Isles reserve could get $6.1M
Star Bul 07/14/06 -
Creating a perfect Midway getaway
Star Bul 07/10/06 -
The Northwest Hawaiian Islands could be opened to ecotourism by next summer
Star Bul 07/09/06 -
Fish need wide space to recover
Hon Adv 07/03/06 -
Surprise! Bush protects NWHI
Hawai`i Island Journal 07/01/06 -
Fishing debate not over in NW Isles
Hon Adv 06/19/06 -
Lobster fishery remains battered
Hon Adv 06/19/06 -
Marine sanctuary not that great if you depend on fishing
Hon Adv 06/19/06 -
New National Monument a Wonder Few Can See
Associated Press 06/18/06 -
Monument designation offers more protection for NW Hawaiian Islands
Kaua`i Garden Island 06/16/06 -
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands official proclamation
Hon Adv 06/16/06 -
Fishing in sanctuary divides Hawaiians
Hon Adv 06/16/06 -
Fishery council wants monument exception
Star Bul 06/16/06 -
Text of President's monument statement
Hon Adv 06/15/06 -
President Bush Declares National Monument in Hawaii
PBS NewsHour 06/15/06 -
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Proclaimed a National Monument
ENS 06/15/06 -
Hawaii Islands Named World's Largest Marine Sanctuary
National Geographic 06/15/06 -
Hawaiian island chain will get national-monument status
USA Today 06/15/06 -
Northwestern Islands to become monument
Hon Adv 06/15/06 -
Earlier protection efforts, Northwestern Islands profiles
Hon Adv 06/15/06 -
Bush to create huge isle monument
Star Bul 06/15/06 -
1906 act paves way for monument
Star Bul 06/15/06 -
Hawaiian island chain will get national-monument status
USA Today 06/14/06 -
Hawaiian monk seals in crisis
Hon Adv 06/5/06 -
Natural treasures require guarding
Hon Adv 05/29/06 -
15-foot tiger shark gets mouthful of boat
Hon Adv 05/29/06 -
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, animals at risk
Hon Adv 05/26/06 -
Northwestern Isles vulnerable to rising sea levels
Star Bul 05/25/06 -
Change of habitat benefits rare duck
Star Bul 05/24/06 -
Amid extreme isolation, rarely seen life abounds
Hon Adv 05/24/06 -
Sea life suggests Hawai'i is not so isolated after all
Hon Adv 05/23/06 -
Nihoa seas make daredevils of scientists
Hon Adv 05/22/06 -
State and U.S. agencies act to guard archipelago
Star Bul 05/22/06 -
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands edge closer to sanctuary status
Hon Adv 05/20/06 -
Scientists to dive for answers at sea
Hon Adv 05/19/06 -
Proposal would close NW Islands lobster fishery
Hon Adv 04/21/06 -
Audubon Society thanks Lingle, again
Hon Adv 04/20/06 -
Fish Fight : Wespac vs. almost everyone
Hawai`i Island Journal 4/07/06 -
Smells fishy
Hon Weekly 04/05/06 -
Get to know Hawaii's remote isles
Star Bul 03/31/06 -
Fish Fight
Hawai`i Island Journal 03/25/06 -
Keep the Islands Pure
Washington Post 03/17/06; Page A18 -
Closure urged for longline fishery
Hon Adv 03/16/06 -
Bottomfishing break proposed
Hon Adv 03/13/06 -
Forum addresses officials' hopes for future
Haw Trib Her 02/26/06 -
Preserving the state's remote NW islands
West Haw Today 02/26/06 -
Only way to Midway is hard way
Star Bul 01/17/06
2005
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Northwest Isles face critical year
Star Bul 12/26/05 -
Lawmakers tour Northwestern atolls
Star Bul 12/16/05 -
Delegation gets first-hand look at diverse creatures
Hon Adv 12/15/05 -
Lingle making first visit to Midway
Hon Adv 12/12/05 -
Sea debris - Cleanup efforts on the Big Island and Northwestern Hawaiian Isles mark progress
Star Bul 11/28/05 -
Saving the other Hawaii
SFGate.com 11/17/05 -
Sports-fishing clubs request probe of regulatory council
Hon Adv 11/09/05 -
2 fishing clubs allege violations by council
Star Bul 11/09/05 -
NW Isles fish catch at issue
Star Bul 10/27/05 -
Fishing ban in reserve sought
Star Bul 10/25/05 -
Council approves resolution to protect Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Garden Isle News 10/18/05 -
New cleanup efforts fight ocean debris
Hon Adv 10/12/05 -
Lingle signs off on fishing ban
Hon Adv 09/30/05 -
Hawaii Governor Safeguards Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
ENS 09/30/05 -
Fishing banned in NW isles
Star Bul 09/30/05 -
Trip leaves Case resolved to protect islands
Star Bul 08/22/05 -
Mission accomplished - Teachers return eager to share their encounter with Hawaii's remote islands
Star Bul 08/22/05 -
Starvation, sharks cut monk seal population
Star Bul 08/21/05 -
Case seeks U.S. protection for N.W. Islands
Hon Adv 05/17/05 -
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands gallery
Hon Adv 05/06/05 -
Refuge status sought for northwest islands
Hon Adv 05/06/05 -
Northwestern Islands get protection plan
Star Bul 05/06/05 -
Ban sought on bottom fishing
Hon Adv 03/27/05 -
Many find fishery stocks take a while to recover
Hon Adv 03/27/05 -
Currents, fish larvae yet to be explained
Hon Adv 03/27/05 -
Proposed rules to be outlined for NW Hawaiian Islands fishery
Hon Adv 01/21/05
2004
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Plan OKs limited fishing in haven
Hon Adv 10/08/04 -
Fishing ban sought for northwest islands
Hon Adv 07/26/04 -
Fishing ban extension sought
Hon Adv 07/11/04 -
Marine debris threatening wildlife in Northwestern Islands
Hon Adv 06/01/04
dead bird & plastic
Editorials
2007
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Complaints against fishery agency warrant investigation
Star Bul 06/24/07 -
Do no harm in researching Papahānaumokuākea
Star Bul 06/13/07 -
Molokai fishermen defiant after deep sea fishing ban announcement
Molokai Dispatch 05/02/07 -
Don't let bad legislation stink up ocean resources
Star Bul 03/15/07 -
Papahānaumokuākea a fitting name for islands' rebirth
Star Bul 03/06/07
2006
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Pew unable to negotiate early end to fishery
Hon Adv 11/07/06 -
Loophole gives fishing rights to elitist few
Hon Adv 11/02/06 -
Lay Gill Net Fishing Wasteful, Must End
Hon Adv 08/10/06 -
Buyouts offer boost to marine preserve
Hon Adv 07/27/06 -
Group lures fishermen to stop
Star Bul 07/25/06 -
Isles' reef fish need protection from bad harvesting methods
Star Bul 07/23/06 -
Funding approval just a start for NWHI preservation
Star Bul 07/15/06 -
Island reefs need more than present protection
Maui News 07/09/06 -
A monumental victory for NWHI protection
Star Bul 06/22/06 -
Bush plan calls halt to all fishing
Hon Adv 06/18/06 -
Sanctuary a victory long in making
Hon Adv 06/18/06 -
Monument status a splendid milestone for precious islands
Star Bul 06/16/06 -
It's time to weigh in on fisheries proposal
Hon Adv 05/18/06 -
Fishing industry must not destroy resources
Hon Adv 04/14/06 -
Keep the Islands Pure
Washington Post 03/17/06; Page A18
2005
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Fishing ban will benefit NW islands
Hon Adv 12/18/05 -
Fishing ban fits state's goal of protecting northwest isles
Star Bul 10/27/05 -
Fisheries in NW Isles deserve protection
Hon Adv 08/28/05 -
Fishing ban fits state's goal of protecting northwest isles
Star Bul 08/27/05 -
Educators can spread word about fragility of Northwest islands
Star Bul 08/24/05 -
Ocean's 'rainforests' must be protected
response to Roy Morioka, Hon Adv 08/11/05
By Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council
(full commentary as printed here) -
Here are facts about Northwestern Islands
commentary, Hon Adv 06/12/05
by Roy Morioka, chairman of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council -
Dazzling reefs must be saved
commentary, Hon Adv 06/12/05
By Robert Ballard, Leon Panetta, Jean-Michel Cousteau and Sylvia Earle -
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands should be 'Yellowstone of Oceans'
commentary, Star Bul 05/22/05
By Congressman Ed Case