Documents and Letters Related to Sanctuary Designation

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Letters

4/17/06 (pdf, 2.2MB)
Letter from Peter Young to 'Aulani Wilhelm Regarding Comments on Draft Regulations, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, and Management Plan for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

4/14/06 (pdf, 1.6MBK)
Letter from Kitty Simonds to Peter Young Regarding the State of Hawaii Not Promulgating Parallel Regulations for a Bottomfish Seasonal Closure.

3/24/06 (pdf, 148K)
Letter from 'Aulani Wilhelm to Peter Young Regarding the State of Hawaii Comments on the Draft of the Proposed Sanctuary Regulations for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI).

3/24/06 (pdf, 1.8MB)
Letter from Peter Young to 'Aulani Wilhelm Regarding the State of Hawaii Comments on the Draft of the Proposed Sanctuary Regulations for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI).

3/23/06 (pdf, 456K)
Letter from John E. Reynolds to Peter Young Regarding the Board of Land and Natural Resources; Reference for Friday Meeting Concerning NMFS Application for Permits in the Sate NWHI Marine Refuge.

3/14/06 (pdf, 368K)
Letter from William Hogarth to Zenen Ozoa Regarding the Sanctuary Designation Process and the Potential Phaseout of the Bottomfish Fishery in the NWHI.

2/17/06 (pdf, 440K)
Letter from the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council to Secretary of Commerce Carlos Guitterrez Regarding the Bottomfish Fishery in the NWHI.

2/16/06 (pdf, 192K)
Letter from Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher Jr. to Joshua Reichert in Response to Pew Charitable Trust s Offer to Compensate the Current Permitted Bottomfishermen in the NWHI.

2/14/06 (pdf, 372K)
Letter from Zenen Ozoa to William Hogarth Regarding the Phaseout of the Bottomfish Fishery in the NWHI.

2/06/06 (pdf, 504K)
Letter from Newt Gingrich to President George Bush Regarding the Protection of the NWHI.

1/26/06 (pdf, 400K)
Letter from Joshua S. Reichert to Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher Jr. Regarding the Sanctuary Designation Process and Buyout of the Eight Permitted Bottomfishermen in the NWHI.

1/23/06 (pdf, 8K)
Letter to Dan Basta from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Pacific Regional Director Dave Allen concerning a request for cooperating agency status in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process for the proposed Northwestern Hawaiian Islands sanctuary.