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Whale Sanctuaries Explore Partnership
Honolulu Star Bulletin
A “sister sanctuary” agreement will be explored between the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and sanctuaries at the Komandor Islands Biosphere Reserve in the Russian Aleutian Islands and Glacier Bay, Alaska…

Rare Dolphins by the Hundreds Found in Bangladesh
Environment News Service
… Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the NOAA Fisheries Office of International Affairs…

Experts Gather to Save the Ocean
Earthtimes
Just offshore, humpback whales court and sing in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, which hopes to become part of a network of …

Asian Dolphin, Feared Dying, Is Thriving
New York Times The full results were described Wednesday in Hawaii at the first international conference on protected areas for marine mammals and in a paper in the winter

Pacific countries managed marine areas highlighted in Conference
Radio New Zealand International
The first International Conference for Marine Mammal Protected Areas has highlighted challenges faced by countries to include all marine habitats in their …

Hawaii meeting discusses management of mammal sanctuaries
Radio New Zealand International
Discussions and presentations made during the first International Conference for Marine Mammal Protected Areas have centred on greater monitoring and …

Limit on dolphins’ human contact paid off
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
The First International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas began yesterday at the Grand Wailea Resort, Hotel & Spa. The National Oceanic and …

Hawaii marine mammals meeting highlights importance of global networking
Radio New Zealand International
Networking has been one of the key messages conveyed during the second day of the first International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas. …

New Rules for Whale Watching in the Pacific Unveiled
Hawaii Reporter
… across the Pacific Islands were launched today on the eve of the first International Conference for Marine Mammal Protected Areas in Maui, Hawaii.