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Summaries and Full Applications Under Review

The following summaries and full applications are grouped by permit type and are for informational purposes only. The posting of a permit application does not equate to permit approval, and final permit activities may differ from the proposed activities.

For more information, please browse through our permitting section or contact the Monument Permit Coordinator: (808) 397-2660 or nwhipermit@noaa.gov.

For permit applications and instructions return to the
main permit page, please click here.

To download the Monument's new Unified Public Notification Policy, which outlines how and when permit applications are posted, please click here.

 

Education

There are no activities at this time.

 

Conservation and Management

Support for Permitted Research Activities Using University of Hawaii Research Vessel KA'IMIKAI-O-KANALOA

Support for Permitted Research Activities Using NOAA Ship MCARTHUR II

 

Recreation

There are no activities at this time.

 

Special Ocean Use

Escorted Group of Natural History and Wildlife Individuals to Midway Atoll

 

Native Hawaiian Practice

Traditional Feather Gathering Activities For the Restoration of Na Kahili Displayed at the Queen Emma Summer Palace

 

Research

Installation and maintenance of four infrasound elements on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to monitor the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

Sediment sampling on Lisianski Island to determine historical ecology

Incidence and Amount of Plastic Ingestion in Five Petrel Species and Relate Patterns to Geographic Location, Age Classes, and Life-history Characteristics

Evaluating the Potential for Successful Restoration of Primary Frame-Building Coral on Nearshore Patch Reefs at Midway Atoll

Detecting Sediment Composition Changes and Rates of Sedimentation From Shallow Marine Sites at Midway Atoll

Deployment of a High-Frequency Acoustic Recording Package (HARP) For Year-Round Cetacean Monitoring

Collection of Undescribed Corals to Assess Molecular and Morphological Relationships

Studies to Monitor Coral Ecology, Community Dynamics, Sedimentation, and Effects of Urchin and Large Bivalve Abundance at Midway Atoll

Support for Permitted Research Activities Using the Pisces IV and Pisces V Submersibles and RCV-150 Remotely Operated Vehicle

Vertical History of Gardner Pinnacles and the Impact of Past Climate Change on the Development and Drowning of Submerged Reef Terraces

Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program

Abundance and Distribution of Cetaceans

Efforts to Increase Juvenile Monk Seal Survival

Quantifying Processes Affecting Reef Growth and Reef Degradation, at Midway Atoll