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Restoration Activities
Case: Tesoro, HI
Briefly, the restoration projects are as follows:
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Net Removal Project. Abandoned fishing nets cause injury to
shoreline, intertidal, and subtidal habitats by smothering or crushing
organisms and by abrading the ocean bottom and shoreline areas. This causes
mortality in fish and invertebrates, sea turtles, and marine mammals that
become entangled in them. In October 2001, with trustee oversight, Tesoro
Corporation implemented the approved net removal plan, removing 20.68 tons of
abandoned nets on the eastern side of Kauai. The final report for this project
is available in four files: File 1,
File 2, File 3, color
photos.
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Predator control in Newell's Shearwater Colonies on Kauai.
Colony sites for this project are at three relatively low-elevation areas on
Kauai, where predation is a known problem and is responsible for a dramatically
decreasing population size. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the
state of Hawaii are comanaging this project on behalf of the trustees.
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Predator control and habitat enhancement on offshore islands in the
Hawaii Seabird Sanctuary. The state of Hawaii
manages 15 offshore islands that serve as seabird sanctuaries within the area
potentially affected by the oil spill. To increase seabird survivorship and
reproductive performance for tropical seabird colonies, these islands will be
the target of restoration activities to control alien predators and invasive,
non-native vegetation. FWS and the state of Hawaii are comanaging this project
on behalf of the trustees.
- Extension of the predator fence at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
(NWR) on Kauai. This refuge is one of the few sites on the main
Hawaiian Islands where seabirds can nest successfully thanks to the
installation of a predator-proof fence. The fencing protects roosting and
nesting seabirds from disruption by dogs, cats, and rats. FWS and Kilauea Point
NWR are managing this project on behalf of the trustees.
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Beach cleanup. The trustees have placed $10,000 into the state
of Hawaii's beach debris cleanup fund to be used to clean recreational beaches
in areas affected by the spill.
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