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Hawaii Gains National Monument Status
August 05 , 2008
1200 miles of uninhabited islands and atolls 1,200 miles northwest of the main
Hawaiian Islands have recently gained National Monument status.
Hawaian National Marine Monument
President Bush declared the area now known as the Northwestern Hawaiian Island Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve to national-monument status. This gives the region the strongest legal protections, with fishing and commercial operations being phased out over the next five years and visitors primarily limited to scientific researchers.
"It's the ocean equivalent of Yellowstone, Yosemite and the Grand Canyon all rolled into one," says Joshua Reichert, director of the environmental program of the Pew Charitable Trusts in
Philadelphia .
The area comprises 140,000 square miles of ocean dotted with dozens of coral reefs and tiny islands; it is a 1,400-mile-long, 100-mile-wide swath of pristine marine habitat larger than all national parks combined.
The islands and surrounding waters and atolls are nesting and breeding site to more than 14 million seabirds and home to 7,000 marine and terrestrial species, with over 25% of them found nowhere else in the world.
The area is home to the threatened Hawaiian green sea turtle and also home to the last Hawaiian monk seals, of which only 1,300 remain. The coral reefs of the region provide vital breeding and nursery habitat for numerous fish and other marine species. The area is also home to numerous ancient Hawaiian religious and archeological sites.
Bush had been expected to turn the reserve into a marine sanctuary, a process that had been underway for the past five years. The sanctuary will now be overseen and administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Although most of the islands will be closed to all but scientific researchers, a public visitation center will be created at
Midway Islands , the scene of an important World War II battle, using old military buildings to accommodate groups of visitors.
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New Featuers
August 26 , 2007
New Features on SplashVision
Coming this week on SplashVision!
Vessels for Sale and Charter
SplashVision has been hard at work bringing you the tools you asked for. Now it is easier then ever to showcase your listings on SplashVision. Offering full streaming Video and Photo Player services to represent your listing properly and effectively. Only SplashVision has cutting edge technology for the representation of your personal or your client's vessels. We did not stop here either, we have included an advanced listing form so your listings are clearly represented with detail. There is no place on the web which provides cutting technology and flexibility to get your vessel sold. Oh, and did we say it's free!
If you your a Broker or have many vessels available and would like to become a charter member of SplashVision, send us a message . Becoming a charter member will ensure you and your organization a lifetime of special terms and privleges. Email us; you'll be glad you did.
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Cool new Photo Player
Check out the new Photo Player above. You don't have any videos and feel left out, no problem. You can now upload all your photos and our Photo Player will automatically process them to be viewed as a slide show. Yes you can now save your favorite photos in a secure place and use our cool Photo Player to view them. View the Photo Player page and see how cool this feature is.
Batch Uploading
Now for those of you who were looking for a secure easy way to share all your photos we now have one. Yep that's right, you can now upload up to 100 photos at one time and share them privately with friends and family or publicly with the SplashVision community. The batch loaders are fantastic. You can select your photos one by one or save them to a zip file and upload all of them in one shot. This is the fastest and easiest way to share tons of photos. Visit Upload for more details.
As always, we invite you to share your feedback with us. Feel free to leave a comment, post a video or photo or send an email.
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The Boaters
August 20 , 2007
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Recreational Boating Act 2007, Yacht Chef Vlog, SplashVision
The Boaters TV is a 4-6 minute online show and podcast featuring boating-related news and stories. The Show is delivered in streaming media here at SplashVision. Episodes air every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on The Boaters TV vlog. You can catch all the shows at The Boaters TV website or right here on Splashvision. The Boaters TV Feed.
Upbeat host, Julie Perry (a former luxury yacht crewmember and author of the recently published, The Insiders’ Guide to Becoming a Yacht Stewardess), is the star of the show. Rather than reporting and commenting on general, catch-all topics, The Boaters TV is dedicated to the special interest niche of boating-related stories and news.
Launched on Monday, June 18th, 2007, the mini online show covers the hobby (and sport!) of boating in ways that are funny and informative, even awe-inspiring and cutting edge. The show features important and major happenings in the marine world, but also provides a high level of entertainment value with a combination of news, helpful tips, the latest in boat gadgets and gear, maintenance features and exclusive interviews.
We highly reccomend the show, so tune in and get your latest fix of TheBoaters TV.
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