Marine Protected Area Dive into the archives. - The
Papahānaumokuākea Precedent: Ecosystem-scale Marine Protected
Areas in the EEZ by Alison Rieser In 2006, the United States
designated by presidential proclamation a 362,073 square
kilometers protected area around the Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands, a remote chain of coral atolls, reefs, and islands
extending 1200 miles seaward of the U.S.’s fiftieth state. A
subsequent proclamation renamed the area Papahānaumokuākea
Marine National Monument to reflect the area’s cultural and
spiritual [...]