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_ A�u K��an�haPursuing new�a knowledgeH�w�i brings‘i bountiful‘imi rewards. lo�. Hawaiian phrase by Zepherin Kepelino Kahoali‘i Keauokalani from Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii (Beckwith, Martha Wl, ed., Bernice P. PERMITTED ACTIVITIES Bishop Museum Bulletin 95, 1932). Front cover photo by Kaipo Kī‘aha, Polynesian Voyaging Society and ‘Ōiwi TV. Back cover photo by NOAA 2015 ANNUAL REPORT and Richard Pyle/Bishop Museum. Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................4 Research Expedition Finds Highest Known Rates of Endemism ................................................................................................... 28 Ua pa‘a nā inoa kahiko – Ancient Names Remembered .......................................................................... 6 Researchers Follow up on Major Coral Timeline of Protections ........................................................................................................................... 8 Bleaching Event in Papahānaumokuākea ......................................................................................... 30 MONUMENT PERMITTING PROGRAM ............................................. 10 Researchers Discover New Moth Species on Nihoa Island ............................................................................................................ 32 Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Presidential Proclamation 8031 ............................................................................................................ 11 Education .................................................................................. 34 Types of Permits Issued ........................................................................................................................ 14 Conservation and Management ......................................................................35 Research .....................................................................................................................................................14 Conservation and Management Highlights ...................................................................................37 Education ....................................................................................................................................................... 14 Scientists Discover Remains of World Conservation and Management ................................................................................................................14 War II-era U.S. Navy ship .......................................................................................................37 Native Hawaiian Practices ........................................................................................................................14 State Field Crews Contribute to Huliʻia Special Ocean Use ......................................................................................................................................15 Seasonal Calendar for Hōlanikū .............................................................................................39 Recreation ..................................................................................................................................................15 Record-Breaking Number of Albatross Nests on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge ..............................................................................41 2015 PERMITTED ACIVITIES .......................................................... 16 Native Hawaiian Practices ............................................................... 43 Permits Issued in 2015 ..........................................................................................................................17 Native Hawaiian Practices Highlights ..........................................................................................43 Levels of Human Presence ....................................................................................................................18 Science and Culture Come Together in Locations of Permitted Activities ..........................................................................................................20 First Joint Expedition to Papahānaumokuākea ........................................................................43 21 Permitted versus Actual Visitation Records .......................................................................................... Documenting Cultural Resources and Ancestral Presence at Nihoa and Mokumanamana .................................................................................46 DETAILS OF 2015 PERMITTED ACIVITIES ........................................ 22 Celestial and Terrestrial Observations at Mokumanamana ............................................................. 47 Research ................................................................................... 22 Special Ocean Use ........................................................................ 48 Research Highlights ......................................................................................................................26 49 Exploring the Deep-Water Recreation ................................................................................. Habitats of Papahānaumokuākea ...................................................................................................... 26 SPECIES MENTIONED IN THE PERMITTED ACTIVITIES 2015 ANNUAL REPORT ................................................ 50 Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................4 Research Expedition Finds Highest Known Rates of Endemism ................................................................................................... 28 Ua pa‘a nā inoa kahiko – Ancient Names Remembered .......................................................................... 6 Researchers Follow up on Major Coral Timeline of Protections ........................................................................................................................... 8 Bleaching Event in Papahānaumokuākea ......................................................................................... 30 MONUMENT PERMITTING PROGRAM ............................................. 10 Researchers Discover New Moth Species on Nihoa Island ............................................................................................................ 32 Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Presidential Proclamation 8031 ............................................................................................................ 11 Education .................................................................................. 34 Types of Permits Issued ........................................................................................................................ 14 Conservation and Management ......................................................................35 Research .....................................................................................................................................................14 Conservation and Management Highlights ...................................................................................37 Education ....................................................................................................................................................... 14 Scientists Discover Remains of World Conservation and Management ................................................................................................................14 War II-era U.S. Navy ship .......................................................................................................37 Native Hawaiian Practices ........................................................................................................................14 State Field Crews Contribute to Huliʻia Special Ocean Use ......................................................................................................................................15 Seasonal Calendar for Hōlanikū .............................................................................................39 Recreation ..................................................................................................................................................15 Record-Breaking Number of Albatross Nests on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge ..............................................................................41 2015 PERMITTED ACIVITIES .......................................................... 16 Native Hawaiian Practices ............................................................... 43 Permits Issued in 2015 ..........................................................................................................................17 Native Hawaiian Practices Highlights ..........................................................................................43 Levels of Human Presence ....................................................................................................................18 Science and Culture Come Together in Locations of Permitted Activities ..........................................................................................................20