{"id":564,"date":"2026-01-06T15:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/?post_type=story&p=564"},"modified":"2026-01-07T22:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:39:13","slug":"major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Victory for Pacific National Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 17, 2025, the Administration signed a proclamation that attempted to open the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. NWF’s Hawaiian affiliate, Conservation Council for Hawai’i, successfully sued to halt that order<\/a>, finding it unlawful. This lawsuit ensures the protection of the critical species that depend on the marine national monument to thrive.<\/p>\n\n

Photo Credit: Earthjustice<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On April 17, 2025, the Administration signed a proclamation that attempted to open the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. NWF’s Hawaiian affiliate, Conservation Council for Hawai’i, successfully sued to halt that order, finding it unlawful. This lawsuit ensures the protection of the critical species that depend on the marine national monument […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":572,"template":"","meta":{"featured_image_background_position":"","location":"Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument","address-full":"","lat":21.288994,"lng":-157.701994,"footnotes":""},"topic":[8],"pillar":[],"class_list":["post-564","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-neighborhood"],"yoast_head":"\nMajor Victory for Pacific National Monument - 2025 Impact Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Major Victory for Pacific National Monument - 2025 Impact Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On April 17, 2025, the Administration signed a proclamation that attempted to open the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. NWF’s Hawaiian affiliate, Conservation Council for Hawai’i, successfully sued to halt that order, finding it unlawful. This lawsuit ensures the protection of the critical species that depend on the marine national monument […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"2025 Impact Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalWildlife\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-07T22:39:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"774\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nwf\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/\",\"name\":\"Major Victory for Pacific National Monument - 2025 Impact Report\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-06T15:53:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-07T22:39:13+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument-1.png\",\"width\":774,\"height\":700,\"caption\":\"A group of people standing in front of the Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Federal Building\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/all\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Major Victory for Pacific National Monument\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/\",\"name\":\"2025 Impact Report\",\"description\":\"Reaching Common Ground: Bringing People Together to find solutions that help wildlife, people, and the planet thrive in our rapidly changing world.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/#organization\",\"name\":\"2025 Impact Report\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/nwf-logo-2024-color-300x161-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/nwf-logo-2024-color-300x161-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":161,\"caption\":\"2025 Impact Report\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalWildlife\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/nwf\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nationalwildlife\/?hl=en\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Major Victory for Pacific National Monument - 2025 Impact Report","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Major Victory for Pacific National Monument - 2025 Impact Report","og_description":"On April 17, 2025, the Administration signed a proclamation that attempted to open the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. NWF’s Hawaiian affiliate, Conservation Council for Hawai’i, successfully sued to halt that order, finding it unlawful. This lawsuit ensures the protection of the critical species that depend on the marine national monument […]","og_url":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/","og_site_name":"2025 Impact Report","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalWildlife\/","article_modified_time":"2026-01-07T22:39:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":774,"height":700,"url":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@nwf","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/","url":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/","name":"Major Victory for Pacific National Monument - 2025 Impact Report","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument-1.png","datePublished":"2026-01-06T15:53:34+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-07T22:39:13+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument-1.png","width":774,"height":700,"caption":"A group of people standing in front of the Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Federal Building"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/major-victory-for-pacific-national-monument\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/stories\/all\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Major Victory for Pacific National Monument"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/#website","url":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/","name":"2025 Impact Report","description":"Reaching Common Ground: Bringing People Together to find solutions that help wildlife, people, and the planet thrive in our rapidly changing world.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/#organization","name":"2025 Impact Report","url":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/nwf-logo-2024-color-300x161-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/nwf-logo-2024-color-300x161-1.png","width":300,"height":161,"caption":"2025 Impact Report"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalWildlife\/","https:\/\/x.com\/nwf","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nationalwildlife\/?hl=en"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/story"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"pillar","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pillar?post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}