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MEDIA RELEASE NOAA’s Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, part of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, is seeking applicants for six seats on its advisory council. The council provides advice and recommendations to the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, a division of the National Ocean Service, and ensures public participation in management of the country’s […]

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MEDIA RELEASE NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries has announced the appointment of Malia Chow as the new superintendent of Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Chow has worked for NOAA for the last 10 years. She currently is the sanctuary’s Management Plan Review coordinator. Previously, she was a policy analyst for the Northwestern […]

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MEDIA RELEASE NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary reminds ocean users to stay safe and operate within the law during humpback whale season. As many as 12,000 humpback whales winter in Hawaiian waters each year. These acrobatic, 45-ton marine mammals attract wildlife enthusiasts, but collisions between vessels and whales pose a serious injury […]

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MEDIA RELEASE NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary is seeking applicants for nine primary seats and nine alternate seats on its advisory council, which ensures public input into sanctuary management and provides advice to the sanctuary superintendent. The sanctuary is accepting applications for primary and alternate seats representing Commercial Shipping, Whale Watching, Ocean […]

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Comments being accepted through Oct. 16; management plan review to last several years

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MEDIA RELEASE A new NOAA report on the health of humpback whales within the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary evaluates resources protected by the sanctuary. The status of humpback whales is rated as “good/fair”; however, their health is rated as “fair.” Although humpback whale population numbers are increasing in the sanctuary, their overall […]

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Federal stimulus funds through NOAA grant pump up 18-month project to clean up Kohala watershed.

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