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Expanded Marine Protections Benefited Hawaii Tuna Fishery, Study Shows
Tuna swim in a purse seine net. The expansion of two large marine protected areas in the Pacific Ocean led to increases in catch and revenue of bigeye and yellowfin tuna for the Hawaii longline tuna fleet, a new analysis shows.
Fabien Forget
ISSF
Contradicting concerns from longline commercial fishing operators in the Pacific region, tuna industry revenue actually increased following the expansion of two large U.S. marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Pacific Ocean, a new analysis shows. The work builds upon a study published in the journal
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In Honolulu, Hawaii, a colony of seabirds within the Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge within the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument is threatened by the invasive yellow crazy ants.
The invasive species found their way to the nature reserve and started disrupting the seabird colony s lives. If this alarming situation continues, the birds might face a significant drop in numbers.
To combat the invasion, The US Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) has been working hard to remove not just the yellow crazy ants but all non-native, invasive species from the reserve, especially those who can potentially cause the local wildlife harm.