Summaries and Full Applications Under Review

The following summaries and full applications are grouped by permit type and are for informational purposes only. The posting of a permit application does not equate to permit approval, and final permit activities may differ from the proposed activities.

For more information, please browse through our permitting section or contact the Monument Permit Coordinator: (808) 397-2660 or nwhipermit@noaa.gov.

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Education

Collection and removal of a limited number of target live fishes and corals for display at the Waikiki aquarium

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Papahanaumokuakea Ahahui Alakai (PAA) Program at Midway Atoll

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Conservation and Management

Support for permitted activities aboard NOAA Ship HI'IALAKAI

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Maritime heritage conservation and management activities

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Recreation

There are currently no applications for review in this category at this time

Special Ocean Use

Marine and terrestrial photography activities within the Monument

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Painting and sketching various marine and terrestrial scenes within Papahanaumokuakea

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Filming and photography activities of the PLASTIKI sailing vessel on Midway Atoll

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Commemoration Activities for the 67th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway

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Native Hawaiian Practice

Winter solstice cultural research and Native Hawaiian practices on Mokumanamana

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Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hokule'a training sails to Nihoa and Mokumanamana

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Research

Characterizing the role of temperature in coral health and the physical environments of coral reefs at French Frigate Shoals and Pearl and Hermes Atoll.

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Characterizing large deep-sea scavenging fauna, its general habitat associations and its relationship to depth within the Monument

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Algal baseline characterization research activities

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Documentation and assessment of cultural sites on Mokumanamana and Nihoa Islands

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Sampling endemic Hawaiian Hyposmocoma moths

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Hapu'upu'u Growth Studies on Kure and Midway Atoll

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Identification and monitoring of biological indicators of coral disease and/or bleaching and assessment of the diversity of coral-endosymbionts.

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Monitoring of shark activity at select pupping sites and the removal of predatory Galapagos sharks from those areas

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Lobster and bottomfish monitoring activities in deep-sea areas around Mokumanamana and Maro Reef

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Hawaiian monk seal juvenile survival activities

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Population genetic survey of common reef invertebrates

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Quantification of the amount and types of marine debris ingested by Black-footed and Laysan albatross at Midway Atoll and French Frigate Shoals

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Investigation of the impacts of plastic ingestion in live albatross chicks using ultrasound imaging on by Black-footed and Laysan albatross at French Frigate Shoals, Midway Atoll and Kure Atoll

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Quantifying the movements of top predators within Papahanaumokuakea

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Support for research quantifying the movements of sharks at French Frigate Shoals

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Use of conventional and technical SCUBA diving technology to document the biodiversity of the NWHI's deep reefs and document the presence or absence of alien/invasive species in deep reef areas

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Investigation on the pattern of high recruitment but low adult abundance of the black-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) at Midway Atoll

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Comparison of the biological community structure and diversity of maritime heritage resource sites with those of the surrounding areas

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Collection of two species of reef fishes to compile life history data

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Galapagos shark predatory monitoring and mitigation efforts on Hawaiian monk seal pups

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Quantifying the movement of sharks at French Frigate Shoals

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Genetic survey of reef fishes in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

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Analysis of carbonate chemical make-up of waters surrounding atoll systems within Papahanaumokuakea

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