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Additional Resources
Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987
Coral-List Web site, 2004 coral bleaching in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Hawai'i Coral Reef Initiative Research Program
Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology
Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
Marine Protected Areas of the United States
Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
NOAA Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Office of Protected Resources
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. A Citizen's Guide
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Multi-Agency Education Project Web site, French frigate shoals
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Management Plan
State of Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey, The Long Trail of the Hawaiian Hotspot
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution