MIDWAY TOURISM
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- A bamboo coral attached to the seafloor of Mytilus Seamount, 8,000 feet below the surface of the ocean in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. Photo credit: NOAA.
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- When MPAs are effective, they benefit surrounding ecosystems and fisheries by acting as a source of fish and larvae. Photo credit: Kaleomanuiwa Wong.
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- The new boundaries of Papahānaumokuā.
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- An endangered Hawaiian monk seal soaks up the sun on a beach in Papahānaumokuākea Marnine National Monument. Photo credit: NMFS.
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- Over 14 million sea birds nest on the islands inside Papahānaumokuā Marine National Monument. Photo credit: IUCN.
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- Papahānaumokuā Marine National Monument harbors more than 7,000 species, a quarter of which are found nowhere else on Earth.
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- A map depicting the level of human impact on different regions of the ocean. Coastal regions tend to suffer from higher human impacts than the open ocean. Photo credit: NCEAS.
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- Papahānaumokuā Marine National Monument harbors more than 7,000 species, a quarter of which are found nowhere else on Earth. Photo credit: NOAA.
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- A map depicting the level of human impact on different regions of the ocean. Coastal regions tend to suffer from higher human impacts than the open ocean. Photo credit: NCEAS.
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- Left: a bamboo coral attached to the seafloor of Mytilus Seamount, 8,000 feet below the surface. Right: the boundaries of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument are shown in yellow. Photo credit: NOAA.
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- The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts (in yellow).
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- Corals, including cup corals and bubblegum corals reside on the hard substrate at the bottom of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. Photo credit: NOAA.
