Last year US President Bush announced that the North Hawaiian Island Chain is to become an MPA, protecting an area of ocean about 2,300 km long and 360,000 km2 in area, about ten times the size of Taiwan. The Fijian government has also set aside 30 % of the nation's territorial seas as a marine reserve.
去年美國總統布希以行政命令將「夏威夷北方群島鏈」規劃為海洋保護區，這個保護區長 2,300 公里，面積廣達 36 萬平方公里、相當於 10 個台灣島；斐濟總統更將轄境內 30％的海域劃為海洋保護區。