Tiny islands, massive reefs teeming with life get official visit
By Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) _ Governor Lingle and a group of 13 other state and federal officials are back from a two-day trip to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
The excursion was part of Lingle's push to establish a sanctuary in the federal waters surrounding the islands and to keep Hawaii involved in the decision-making process.
In September, Lingle signed new rules banning fishing in the islands' state waters. They extend three miles out from the rocky, tiny isles dotting an isolated 12-hundred-mile stretch of ocean northwest of Kauai.
Lingle has been pushing for a similar ban for federal waters. They are currently protected as a coral reef ecosystem reserve and are in the process of becoming the nation's 14th marine sanctuary.
The islands themselves are already designated U-S wildlife refuges.
(Copyright 2005 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
HONOLULU (AP) _ Governor Lingle and a group of 13 other state and federal officials are back from a two-day trip to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
The excursion was part of Lingle's push to establish a sanctuary in the federal waters surrounding the islands and to keep Hawaii involved in the decision-making process.
In September, Lingle signed new rules banning fishing in the islands' state waters. They extend three miles out from the rocky, tiny isles dotting an isolated 12-hundred-mile stretch of ocean northwest of Kauai.
Lingle has been pushing for a similar ban for federal waters. They are currently protected as a coral reef ecosystem reserve and are in the process of becoming the nation's 14th marine sanctuary.
The islands themselves are already designated U-S wildlife refuges.
(Copyright 2005 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
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