Federal Funding
- Panel says spend more on national parks; [See also: The Future of Our Parks- NY Times Editorial about Parks appropriations funding]
- USDA to fund conservation effort in 12 states- Mississippi River water quality
Fisheries
- South Atlantic Deepwater Corals Protected From Fishing Gear
- Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Takes Strong New Action to Protect Fish Stocks and Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems
Endangered Species
- Feds reviewing humpback whale endangered status
- Feds to decide on listing ice seals as threatened
- Monk seal shooter pleads guilty- MCBI is quoted; [see also: Seal killer pleads guilty, gets 90-day term- Honolulu Advertiser; Man guilty in killing of seal on Kauai- Honolulu Star-Bulletin; Kauai man sent to jail for killing endangered monk seal- KHON2]
- Lay nets threaten Hawaii sea life- see link for diagram of lay gillnet and where they are banned in Hawaii
- Aquarium comes up with unique way to save coral reefs
- National Science Foundation awards $23 million to UH for EPSCoR program
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