2022 Ecosystem Status Report for Hawaiʻi

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• Alternative Title:
  Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Ecosystem Status Report for Hawaii, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
• Personal Author:
  Gove, Jamison ; Maynard, J.A. ; Lecky, J. ; Tracey, D.P. ; Allen, M.E. ; Asner, G.P. ; Conklin, C. ; Couch, C. ; Hum, K. ; Ingram, R.J. ; Kindinger, T.L. ; Leong, K. ; Oleson, K.L.L. ; Towle, E.K. ; van Hooidonk, R. ; Williams, G.J. ; Hospital, J.
• Corporate Authors:
  Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Alaska Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. ; Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (Key Biscayne, Fla.) ; Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hawai‘i. ; Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (Agency : U.S.) ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.) ; SymbioSeas. ; IBSS Corporation. ; Science Graphics, Australia. ; Arizona State University, Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science. ; Nature Conservancy of Hawaii. ; Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. ; University of Hawaii at Manoa. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management. ; Bangor University. School of Ocean Sciences.
• Description:
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is charged with stewardship of our nation’s ocean resources with the stated vision of healthy ecosystems, communities, and economies that are resilient in the face of change. NOAA has adopted an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) approach to develop the science, tools, and partnerships required to address complex ecosystem challenges and make progress towards the agency’s vision. The IEA program previously published two Ecosystem Status Reports (Gove et al. 2016 and 2019). These reports presented a suite of ecosystem indicators useful for tracking the status and trends of marine ecosystems in west Hawai‘i. This report expands the geographic scope of the previous efforts and describes the status and trends of marine ecosystems in the main Hawaiian Islands. Strong connections between people and the ocean environment are a hallmark of communities across all the Hawaiian Islands and this is the key theme throughout this report. These connections are often circular and reciprocal in nature, within which human communities affect, depend on, and care for ecosystem health. Our actions and activities influence ecosystem status and trends; they are also the conduits through which we experience values, feel meaning, or benefit from ecosystem goods and services. This report begins with a section on Human Connections to further highlight and explain human-land-sea connections. The report concludes with a description of some of the applied research most likely to inform management and conservation.
• Keywords:
  Ecological Engineering Human Ecology Marine Ecosystem Management Marine Resources Conservation Ecological Engineering Human Ecology Marine Ecosystem Management Marine Resources Conservation
• Series:
  PIFSC special publication   SP-23-01 ; IEA contribution number 2022_6  
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/r53p-fn97
• Format:
  PDF
• CoRIS Project ID:
  CRCP Project ; 743
• Document Type:
  Special Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Hawaii ; North Pacific Ocean
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a63c012366475e7b59203513bf0a09dcd2de3e9384098d7eb6020940d6f54282f3943ccedb4e66f88e1ef02ec439f2c9a3d2b2ac04061eb691eb1cbf3f07c512
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/49331/noaa_49331_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 38.00 MB ]