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Hawaiian Habitat Focus Area in Action
Jul 22: People of West Hawaii are turning dry land green and murky blue water in the video "Repairing the Reef."
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Oyster Farming in a Hawaiian Fishpond
Oct. 22: Last year, Kualoa Ranch began selling the first grown-to-maturity oysters in Hawaiʻi in 27 years. Learn about the process of growing oysters in a Hawaiian fishpond and how the ranch's project came to be.
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Streamlining Hawaiian Fishpond Restoration
Sept 22: NOAA worked with federal and state agencies and local restoration groups to streamline the permitting process for restoring native Hawaiian fishponds.
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NOAA Lists 20 New Corals Under ESA
Aug 25: NOAA Lists 20 New Corals as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act.
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NOAA Dedicates Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center
Dec 17: On December 16, NOAA held a dedication ceremony to unveil the Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center located on Ford Island in Honolulu.
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Public Comment Extended to List 66 Coral Species
Feb 25: The public comment period is extended for NOAA's proposed listing of 66 reef-building coral species under the Endangered Species Act.
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Getting to the Bottom of Marine Mammal Crimes
Oct 3: Special agents and enforcement officers with NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement investigate crimes against marine mammals under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this month.
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Award-Winning Scientist Pioneers Turtle Research
July 23: Dr. Kyle S. Van Houtan, NOAA Fisheries research ecologist, was honored by the White House with a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for his research on climate effects on sea turtles populations.
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Exploring Climate Impacts on Coastal Cultures
July 18: NOAA and partners explore how climate change affects U.S. indigenous coastal cultures during the First Stewards symposium at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
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