Summaries and Full Applications Under Review

The following summaries and full applications are grouped by permit type and are for informational purposes only. The posting of a permit application does not equate to permit approval, and final permit activities may differ from the proposed activities.

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Education

Teachers-At-Sea International Year of the Reef Expedition

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Comparision of ecological frameworks between Midway Atoll and Hawaii Island in alignment with Native Hawaiian worldview of kinship and connectivity between man and environment

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Conservation and Management

KA'IMIKAI-O-KANALOA Research Platform

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Recreation

No summaries or applications are available at this time.

Special Ocean Use

Photography Activities at Midway - Seabirds

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Native Hawaiian Practice

Cultural research in the field of traditional Native Hawaiian marine resource management

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Winter solstice cultural research and Native Hawaiian practices on Mokumanamana Island

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Research

Assessment of the relationship between contaminant exposure, indicators of health effects, and demography in black-footed albatross

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NWHI Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP)

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Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) submersible and Remote Operated Vehicle operations

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Multibeam mapping and deep water voucher specimen collection

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Marine-Based Research Activities at Midway Atoll

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Coral and fish disease research activities

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Movements of top predators in the PMNM

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Genetics comparison of Pacific and Atlantic burrow-nesting Procellariform seabirds - the Bulwer's Petrel and the Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

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Coral genetics research

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Population genetic structure identification and elucidation of species boundaries in moray eels

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Identification and monitoring of biological indicators of coral disease and/or bleaching and assessment of the diversity of coral-endosymbionts

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Marine debris survey and removal on Midway Atoll, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (ocean and land)

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Documentation and assessment of Native Hawaiian cultural sites on Mokumanamana (Necker Is.)

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Life history data collection of two species of reef fishes

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Hawaiian monk seal Captive Care activities

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Lobster tagging research activities

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Galapagos shark predatory monitoring and mitigation efforts on Hawaiian monk seal pups

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Genetic survey of reef fishes in the PMNM

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Population genetic survey of common reef invertebrates

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Lobster genetic research

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Characterization of microbial communities from coral species in various helth states in the PMNM

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Algal baseline characterization research activities

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