Pacific Island leaders are applauding NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) announcement that it will begin the process to potentially designate a new national marine sanctuary in the Pacific Remote Islands (PRI) area. The announcement signals an opportunity for the…
On Tuesday, March 21st, President Biden announced that the Administration will increase protections to the Pacific Remote Islands by advancing the designation of a new National Marine Sanctuary. This announcement is in response to the long-standing request of the Pacific…
This article was originally published in Civil Beat Hawaii congressman says "our world's oceans are at mortal risk." By Nathan Eagle / March 21, 2023 President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he would expeditiously expand and increase environmental protections for…
Originally published in The Garden Island By Dennis Fujimoto Mural aims to educate youth about importance of the oceans. PUHI—The Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School student wanted to know—are the teeth on the eel small and sharp? “Some of these students…
Originally published in Hawaiʻi Star Advertiser By Rick Gaffney Rick Gaffney is a former WESPAC council member, President of the Hawai‘i Fishing and Boating Association, and a Hawai‘i Island resident. One day in the late 1990s off Midway Island, a…
Originally published in Hawaiʻi Star Advertiser By Hanohano Naehu I am a born and raised Molokaʻi boy. I come from generations of native people who lived on this Hawaiian island as far back as creation. That means I’m guided by…
By Hōkū Pihana Original Post at: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/08/21/editorial/island-voices/column-use-origin-names-for-remote-islands/ An ‘A’a (brown-footed booby) soared across the deep ocean surrounding the Pacific Remote Islands. During my three-week journey aboard the exploration vessel Nautilus around Johnston Atoll (Kalama/Moku Kua‘au ‘o Ionatana), I saw ocean…