Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | Central Pacific Ocean |
Area | 313,818,892 acres (1,269,980.00 km2)[1] |
Created | January 6, 2009 |
Administrator | John Klavitter, Superintendent, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
Website | Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument |
The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument is a group of unorganized, mostly unincorporated United States Pacific Island territories managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States Department of Commerce.[2][3] These remote refuges are "the most widespread collection of marine- and terrestrial-life protected areas on the planet under a single country's jurisdiction".[2][3] They protect many endemic species including corals, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, seabirds, water birds, land birds, insects, and vegetation not found elsewhere.[4]
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