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Important Ocean Information for Hawai'i

A. Hawai'i sites

General Hawai'i sites:

• 'Ahahui Malama I Ka Lokahi: Native Hawaiians for the Preservation of Hawaiian Ecosystems
• Alternative-Hawaii, your ecotravel guide to the Hawaiian Islands
• Bishop Museum: Natural Sciences Department
• Carl Meyer's Home Page: information on marine preserves, tiger sharks and more!
• Discover Hawaii online guide
• East-West Center Program on Environment
• Environment Hawai'i: an informative newsletter on environmental issues in the state
• Hawai'i fishing regulations: including fishery management issues and permits
• Hawai'i Coastal Zone Management Program
•  Hawai'i Coral Reef Initiative Research Program
• Hawaiian Coral Reef Mapping Mission
• Hawaiian Cultural Calendar
• Hawai'i Ecotourism Society
• Hawaii Energy, Resources & Technology Publications
• Hawaiian Language Website
• Hawaii Museums Association
• Hawaiian Reference Resources
• Hawaii Weather Today
• Hawai'i Visitors and Convention Bureau
•   Hawai'i Wildlife Fund: A non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Hawaii's native wildlife through research, education and conservation.
• International Year of the Reef by Sea Grant Hawai'i
  • Coral Laws of Hawaii
  • Coral Reef Bibliographies 
  • Status of Coral Reefs in the Pacific - Part 1 - Introduction
• Kualono:  website of the Hawaiian Language, also download Hawaiian fonts.
• Marine Option Program: experiential education, internships and marine research at the University of Hawai'i
• National Parks in Hawaii
• Native Tongue: excellent sound files on speaking Hawaiian
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve
• Ocean Atlas of Hawai'i
• Ocean Planet Exhibit
• Online Hawaiian-English Dictionary
• Photo Tour of Hawai'i
• SCUBA diving directory: listed by island
• The Environmental Notice, Hawaii Office of Environmental Quality Control
• Turtle Trax
  Devoted to the education and conservation of marine turtles. This is a wonderful yet poignant site which charts the association between the death of a coral reef and their resident green sea turtles on Maui during the early 1990's "algal problem." A sad reminder of how we are systematically destroying our ocean world.
• Venture into Hawai'i's Reefs: a really cool website created by the Keiki Korals at Enchanted Lake Elementary
• Virtually Hawai'i: NASA images of the islands and "virtual field trips"
• WestPac Fisheries Coalition: the Western Pacific Fisheries Coalition represents a unique collaboration between conservationists and fishermen to promote the protection and responsible use of marine resources through education and advocacy in Hawaii and the Pacific

Surf Cams:

• Ala Moana, O'ahu
•   Hilo Bay, Hawai'i
• Pipeline, O'ahu
• Poipu, Kauai
• Spreckelsville, Maui
• Waimea Bay, O'ahu

Island-specific sites:

Hawai'i:

• Dive Makai
• Jack's Diving Locker
• Kalakaua Marine Education Center
• Kohala Divers
• Kona Reefers Dive Club: Group diving and reef fish collecting research
• Kona Web: guide to the Kona coast of the Big Island
• Lost Fish Coalition: activist group against aquarium fish collecting
• Let's Go Shore Dive'n' on the Kona Coast: Dick Dresie's great guide to diving West Hawai'i

Kaua'i:

• Bubbles Below
• Kimo's site
• Save our Seas: an environmental organization that sponsors meetings and reef workshops

Kaho'olawe:

• Global Town's Kaho'olawe
• Kukula ke ea a Kanaloa: Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission
• Protect Kaho'olawe Ohana

Maui:

• East Maui Watershed Management and Research
• EcoMaui
• Ed Robinson's Diving Adventures
• Extended Horizons
• Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
• Hawaii Whale Research Foundation
• Hawksbill Turtles
• Maui Ocean Center
• Maui Scuba Diving
• Mike Severns Diving
• Pacific Whale Foundation
• Snorkel Maui

Moloka'i:

• Bill Kapuni's Snorkeland Scuba Adventures

Midway:

• Midway Dive

O'ahu:

• Bishop Museum Natural Sciences
• Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology: University of Hawai'i's marine laboratory
• Marine Option Program: experiential education, internships and marine research
• Waikiki Aquarium: Hawai'i's premier aquarium (don't miss the Coral Cam!!!)
• Windward Dive Center

B. Global links

Federal:

• CHAMP: NOAA's coral health and monitoring program
• CHAMP Coral Disease Identification and Information Web Page
• Coral Reef Initiative: the federal program to protect coral reefs
• EPA's Coral Reef Protection Program
• National Coral Reef Institute at Nova Southeastern University's Oceanographic Center
• U.S. Coral Reef Taskforce: created to implement President Clinton's Executive Order on coral reef protection

Education & Conservation:

• Action Atlas: Coral reefs: from Mother Jones interactive news
• Coral and coral reefs: questions and answers about reefs from Sea World
• Coral Forest: educates and activates the public about the global threat to coral reefs.
• Coral paleoclimatology: questions of modern climate variability and the uses of corals to understand past climate
• Coral Realm: an exciting marine life education resource

• Coral Reef Alliance 
  This organization addresses the worldwide problem of coral reef destruction by focusing on educating divers and the general public about the problems facing coral reefs. They also provide funding and technical support for coral reef conservation around the world

• Coral Reef Ecology Home Page: coral biology & ecology
• Coral reef fishes
• Coral reefs and mangroves of the world
  The web site includes a world map showing the distribution of coral reefs and mangroves. Linked to this are maps showing both coral reefs
  and mangroves for a number of countries, generated from the global reef database. The site also includes educational texts and photographs.
• Coral Spawning: from the University of Guam Marine Laboratory
• Marine Aquarium Council: The goal of MAC is to ensure a sustainable future for the marine aquarium industry, organisms and habitat through market incentives that encourage and support quality and sustainable practices.
• Marine fish catalog: indexes over 200 species of marine fish
• Reef education network: a wonderful site with tons of information
• ReefKeeper International: dedicated to the worldwide protection of coral reefs
• REEFNET: an Internet information service designed to increase the understanding of coral reef ecosystems world wide
• Save our coral reefs: ten easy steps to save coral reefs

Research:

• Cnidiarian Research Institute: founded to facilitate the merger of professional aquarium sciences with research science and ecological conscience
• Coral bleaching hotspots: maps of areas that may experience coral bleaching
• Coral Reef Research Institute: on the Great Barrier Reef
• Coral reef research at the Univ. of Charleston
• Global Coral Disease Database: from the World Conservation Monitoring Center and NOAA
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority: overview of the best coral reef park in the world
• Reef Monitoring at the Australia Institute of Marine Science
• South Florida Ecosystem Monitoring Integration Inventory Project
• The Acropora connection: rearing and propagation of small-polyped Scleractinian corals
• The Planetary Coral Reef Foundation: monitors global reef health
• The non-destructive coral health monitoring home page: St. Mary's College, Maryland

International:

• Australian Coral Reef Society
• Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
• International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM)
• International Coral Reef Initiative
• Reef Check: the largest international coral reef monitoring program involving recreational divers and marine scientists
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community: includes publications and newsletters on coastal and oceanic fisheries for the Pacific Community
• World Conservation Monitoring Center

General:

• Coral reef non-governmental organization directory
  The NGOs profiled in this Directory offer hope for slowing down and reversing the worldwide trend of coral reef degradation. The International Coral Reef NGO Directory highlights the innovative and solution-oriented actions of NGOs who are committed to improving the prognosis for coral reefs and averting the serious consequences destruction of reefs has for marine life and humans alike
• Coralline algal website 
• Diseases of coral reef organisms 
• Environmental organization web directory
  Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory! is dedicated to helping others keep in touch and informed on the World Wide Web. With thousands of sites, it is the largest exclusively environmental organization directory on the Web and includes sites from over 100 countries.
• Fishbase
  FishBase is a global information system with all you ever wanted to know about fishes. FishBase is a relational database with fish information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more.
• International Biodiversity Observation Year (2001)
  The purpose of IBOY  is to raise public awareness about the consequences of the loss of biodiversity and to further advance scientific understanding of biodiversity issues. The initiative intends to enhance the longer-term goals of the DIVERSITAS program through the advancement of existing projects as well as the establishment of new short-term projects.
• International Year of the Reef (1997)
  Concern about the state of the world's reefs has inspired scientists and environmental groups to declare this year "The International Year of the Reef". They have accepted the following challenges: to plan and execute major programs of public education and outreach about coral reefs and coral reef destruction; to assess the conditions of coral reefs worldwide; to work with local communities and reef managers to develop and implement plans for the sustainable use of irreplaceable reef resources.
• International Year of the Ocean (1998)
  1998's sequel to the year of the reef. The major aim will be to create awareness and obtain commitments from governments to take action, provide adequate resources and give the priority to the ocean and coastal areas which they deserve as finite-sized economical assets.
• Reefbase
  ReefBase is a database on coral reefs and their resources. Designed as a repository of available information on coral reefs, ReefBase presents this information through user friendly software on a CD-ROM. ReefBase has been created for scientists, academicians, students, resource managers in government and private institutions, divers and other coral reef enthusiasts.
•   Sea links
  A comprehensive index to marine life web sites from around the world. Area covered include marine life, invertebrates, marine mammals, marine conservation, sea shells/conchology, marine research, museums & aquariums, aquarium publications, marine artwork, home aquariums, clubs & societies and diving links.

Last update: 1/25/2005