President Bush protects the marine environment

President Bush of the United States decided to bring the island chain in the Pacific Northwest to become a national management area. This is a rare moment for President Bush.

Hawaiian archipelago has more than 7000,000 species of marine life and many shallow water reefs reside (Photo: richard-seaman)

The US leader, often criticized for environmental policy, has received enthusiastic support from environmentalists this time.

With this decision, Bush created the world's largest protected marine reserve.

At the ceremony at the White House, Bush signed a law that brought the chain of remote, uninhabited Hawaiian islands, nearly 140,000 square miles, into a national management area, and fishing. in this place will gradually decrease, proceeding to end within the next five years.

The waters around the islands are home to 70% of the coral reefs close to the water surface and more than 7000 marine species, of which a quarter only live here.

Some unique species include white sharks, blue-footed turtles and endangered Hawaiian regional seals.