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Creating offshore MPAs

I recently read about the establishment of the marine protected area around Easter Island. It got me to thinking about our Micronesian marine protected areas. When was the last time there was a MPA created in Micronesia? Researching back, I think it was Palau in 2015. As you’ve...
Posted On Mar 22 2018 06:00
, By Ignacio V. “Ike” Cabrera

Others also protect their seas

The Northern Marianas are not the only islands in the Pacific to have a large marine protected area that restricts industrial fishing. Last week the Cook Islands parliament formally established its Morae Moana, which includes an area that restricts all industrial fishing around...
Posted On Jul 24 2017 06:00
, By Ignacio V. Cabrera

Polynesian canoe crew finds way to remote Easter Island

HONOLULU (AP)—The Polynesian voyaging canoe sailing around the world without modern navigation equipment has found its way to Easter Island. The crew of the Hokulea arrived on Monday. A team of four apprentice navigators spotted the tiny remote island also known as Rapa Nui at...
Posted On Mar 01 2017 06:00
, By Associated Press

Bianwen, Farrell and Tinian

The name Kamehameha is well known in Hawaii, officially remembered this week for leading the alii aimuko rule the islands for three centuries bearing the name, until Kalakaua replaced them. U.S. Marines put an end to the royalty as the U.S. Navy determined that Pearl Harbor would...
Posted On Jun 08 2015 06:00
, By Jaime R. Vergara

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