ERIC LEE / NEW YORK TIMES Kitty Simonds, far right, executive director of the Honolulu ­-based Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, was in the Oval Office on Thursday as President ...

It includes seven national wildlife refuges: Howland, Baker and Jarvis islands; Johnston, Wake and Palmyra atolls; and Kingman Reef, according to Earthjustice’s Mid-Pacific Office, which vowed ...

The CNMI governor says it "would help the American Samoa tuna canneries", but one environmentalist says "local fishers may ...

Howland and Jarvis Islands. Areas in and near the Johnston and Palmyra atolls and Kingman Reef are also protected. PRIMM protects the fish, birds, marine mammals, coral and general biodiversity ...

Did she crash and sink somewhere near Howland after ... to remote Gardner Island (now called Nikumaroro), south of Howland, where he believes Earhart landed on the reef-flat.

Ever since Gillespie found this piece of metal in 1991, on the tiny, remote island where he believes ... turned around well short of Howland, and crashed near Buka when an engine caught fire.

Johnston Atoll, Wake Island, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll/Kingman Reef and the Baker and Howland Islands have ... signed an order opening the waters surrounding these areas to commercial fishing.

The area covers over 400,000 square miles, encompassing the lands and marine environment around Wake, Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands; Johnston and Palmyra Atolls; Kingman Reef. Within the ...

Coral reef halos, visible from satellites, can indicate reef health by reflecting predator presence and coral layout.

This handout photo taken on March 21 last year and received from the Philippine Coast Guard and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources shows an aerial view of Philippine scientists inspecting Sandy ...