Protected and managed areas of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Marine Protected Areas (2006) - Guam, Mariana Islands

Reef Conservation Target Areas in the Federated States of Micronesia

Malaeimi Special Management Area, Tutuila, American Samoa

State boundaries of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), delimiting the states of Yap, Chuuk, and Kosrae. These are approximated from the map image on Wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia_CIA.jpg

These data represent the geographic boundaries of marine and terrestrial protected areas in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Marine features are shown for U.S. state and federal waters as well as those located within 20 miles of coastal submerged lands including hydrologically related rivers and bays.

Boundary of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM), located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). Created in 2006, Papahanaumokuakea is the largest conservation area in the U.S. and one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world. It is home to extensive coral reefs harboring over 7,000 marine species, one quarter of which are found only in Hawaii. Many of the islands and shallow water environments are important habitats for rare species such as the threatened green sea turtle and the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Significant cultural Native Hawaiian sites can also be found on the islands of Nihoa and Mokumanamana (Necker Island). Co-managed with the State of Hawaii and the U.S. Department of the Interior, the monument preserves one of the most untouched areas of coral reef in the world. This layer shows the PMNM boundary prior to its expansion in 2016. On August 26, 2016, President Obama signed a proclamation expanding the monument from 139,797 square miles (362,073 square kilometers) to 582,578 square miles (1,508,870 square kilometers). This extended the monument boundary westward of -163 degrees longitude out to Hawaii's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) at 200 nautical miles offshore. The present layer shows the monument boundary as it existed *before* this expansion. To view the expanded boundary, access the data layers for "hi_noaa_nwhi_papahanaumokuakea" or "hi_noaa_nwhi_papahanaumokuakea_line" instead.

Village Boundaries - Marshall Islands

Marine obstructions around Saipan, Tinian, and Aguijan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

Refuge Areas of Guam, Mariana Islands