The group signed a letter emphasizing how protected reserves help the economy and biodiversity.

It’s not just Wespac that’s lobbying President Trump to undo marine monument protections in the Pacific.

The marine junk from the reefs and shores of Midway and Kure atolls was brought to Honolulu, where it will be incinerated.

The endangered species, which is endemic to Hawaii, is growing in population after decades of decline.

The federal advisory body’s leaders want a five-year delay of the commercial fishing prohibition around Papahanaumokuakea.

The president lacks the express authority to revoke a national monument designation but Congress can do it.

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council wants a study of the economic impacts of marine monument expansion.