Hawaii FEP - Western Pacific Fishery Council

Lanai, and parts of Oahu and Kauai. The primary purpose of the sanctuary is to protecthumpback whales and their habitat. This sanctuary’s designation document does not provide forthe management of fishing operations at this time (NOAA 1997).9.6 Department of Defense Naval Defensive Sea AreasA number of Executive Orders have given administrative authority over territories andpossessions to the Army, Navy, or the Air Force for use as military airfields and for weaponstesting. In particular, Executive Order 8682 of 1941 authorizes the Secretary of the Navy tocontrol entry into the Naval Defensive Sea Areas (NDSA) around Johnston and Midway Atolls.The NDSA includes “territorial waters between the extreme high-water marks and the three-milemarine boundaries surrounding” the areas noted above. The objectives of the NDSA are tocontrol entry into naval defensive sea areas; to provide for the protection of military installations;and to protect the physical security of, and ensure the full effectiveness of, bases, stations,facilities, and other installations (32 CFR Part 761). In addition, the Navy has jointadministrative authority with the USFWS of Johnston Atoll. In 1996 Executive Order 13022rescinded the Midway Atoll NDSA.The Navy exerts jurisdiction over Ka‘ula Rock in the MHI, which is used as a military bombingrange. The Navy also exerts jurisdiction over a variety of waters offshore from military ports andair bases in the Hawaii Archipelago.239