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Supporting regional ocean economies and ecosystems

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  • More than half of the U.S. exclusive economic zone is in the Pacific Islands, which include Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands.
  • Hawaii's coral reefs generate more than $172 million in reef tourism and recreation, aquarium trade, and commercial fishing revenue.
  • More than 20 percent of fish species in Hawaii are endemic, meaning they are found nowhere else on Earth.
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The expansion of Papahānaumokuākea

US Coast Guard

Enhancing ocean search and rescue with the Integrated Ocean Observing System

Journey to Midway Island and plastics problem

The far reaching impacts of plastic pollution

illegal fishing activity

U.S. leadership sparks movement to end illegal fishing

Waves crash on a beach in Oregon

The Wave Energy Prize

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