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Fiscal Year 2006

For its Year 9, FY2004 program, the US Congress appropriated $1,500,000 in support for the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Research Program of which $1,206,000 was made available, with $974,000 going to research and monitoring activities, $274,000 to outreach and education and the remainder to program administration. While the amount of funding devoted to monitoring and research projects has declined as a percentage of the total funds available, the number of projects and the scope of the program has actually expanded. This is true, in part, because a number of project activities have been managed out of the program budget. The program has also been able to leverage its funds against other private, state, and federal funding sources and a number of the research and monitoring activities originally funded by HCRI are still functioning with funds from other sources. Moreover, program staff have taken on the more responsibility for the dissemination of results.

The Management Committee identified the following priorities for year 9:

  • Native biotic reefs and closely related aquatic habitats
  • Fishing pressure
  • Nearshore recreation
  • Pollution
  • Population and oceanographic dynamics
  • Increasing access to nearshore science for Hawaii’s children and the local community
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Fiscal Year 2005

For its Year 8, FY2004 program, the US Congress appropriated $1,500,000 in support for the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Research Program of which $1,441,485 was made available, with $1,029,023 going to research and monitoring activities, $274,000 to outreach and education and the remainder to program administration.

The Management Committee Identified the following priorities for Year 8:

  • Non-economic value of the main Hawaiian Islands' coastal reefs
  • Stressors of coastal reefs surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands
  • Status of coastal reefs surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands
  • Population and oceanographic dynamics of the coastal reefs surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands
  • Regulatory review
  • Increasing access to nearshore science for Hawaii’s children and the local community
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Fiscal Year 2004

For its Year 7, FY2004 program, the US Congress appropriated $1,250,000 in support for the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Research Program of which $1,206,000 was made available, with $974,000 going to research and monitoring activities, $179,000 to outreach and education and the remainder to program administration.

The Management Committee Identified the following priorities for Year 7:

  • Non-economic value of the main Hawaiian Islands' coastal reefs
  • Stressors of coastal reefs surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands
    • Alien and invasive species
    • Fishing pressure
    • Water pollution
    • Climatic impacts
    • Ocean recreation
  • Status of coastal reefs surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands
  • "Gaming" the nearshore reefs surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands
  • Population dynamics of the coastal reefs surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands
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Fiscal Year 2003

For its Year 6, FY2003 program, the US Congress appropriated $994,000 in support for the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Research Program of which $963,400 was made available, with $635,260 going to research and monitoring activities, $222,000 to outreach and education and the remainder to program administration.

The Management Committee Identified the following priorities for Year 6:

  • Investigate aquaculture in support of control and eradication of coastal reef alien species.
  • Monitor and assess the impact of alien species.
  • Prevent alien species’ entry to Hawaiian waters.
  • Evaluate Hawaii’s permitting procedures for the importation of coastal reef alien species.
  • Research causes of decline of near-shore fish stock: overfishing or poor water quality.
  • Assess the non-economic value of main Hawaiian Islands’ coastal reefs.
  • Develop diagnostic tools to identify infectious disease in corals.
  • Improve understanding of population structure and recruitment of keystone reef organisms
  • Enhance monitoring and assessment
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Fiscal Year 2002

For its FY2002 program, the US Congress appropriated $1 million in support for the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Research Program of which $975,600 was made available, with $738,000 going to research and monitoring activities.

The Management Committee Identified the following priorities for Year 5:

  • Survey MHI nearshore waters to produce a synoptic summary of alien and invasive species
  • Assess the impacts of alien and invasive marine species
  • Identify potential sources of alien and invasive species found and recommend responses
  • Determine pollutant tolerance for tropical species.
  • Analyze stormwater runoff.
  • Improve understanding of population structure and recruitment of keystone reef organisms
  • Enhance monitoring and assessment
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Fiscal Year 2001

For its FY2001 program, the US Congress appropriated $1 million in support for the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Research Program of which $973,600 was available. The HCRI-RP Management Committee applied $766,000 toward research and monitoring activities. There was a decrease in funding for research and monitoring because HCRI-RP administration underwent a dramatic transformation, increasing responsibilities and complexities. The program administration grew by one full-time staff member and a student help to assist in using the results of the sponsored projects to develop reports, sponsor trainings and workshops and conduct public education activities. Funding was also made available to build a program website, design a program brochure and poster, all with the intent of increasing our ability to increase public education and awareness. Lastly, the increase in program administration budget was used to contract a public education and awareness company to help write and distribute news releases about our projects. We issued 10 news releases which sparked over 35 newspaper and magazine articles and approximately 10 television news stories that featured our program and sponsored projects. This program increase was encouraged by the principal investigators.

The Management Committee Identified the following priorities for Year 4:

  • Assess the economic value of Hawaii’s various coral reef ecosystems.
  • Examine the linkage between land-based activities and coral reef ecosystem degradation.
  • Analyze historical variability of coral reef ecosystems.
  • Investigate techniques to remove alien and invasive algae threatening coral reef ecosystems.
  • Enhance monitoring and assessment
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Fiscal Year 2000

For its FY2000 program, the US Congress appropriated $1 million of which $901,400 was made available for the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Research Program, almost twice the amount available for the previous year. This increase allowed the Management Committee to double the amount allocated for monitoring and research. The Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Research Program’s Management Committee made approximately $800,000 available for monitoring and research activities during FY00-01, selected through an open, competitive, and peer-reviewed process.

The Management Committee Identified the following priorities for Year 3:

  • Enhance monitoring and assessment capacity.
  • Develop monitoring and assessment techniques for NWHI.
  • Conduct research and make policy recommendations on land-coastal zone processes.
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Fiscal Year 1999

For its second year, the US Congress appropriated $500,000 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support HCRI-RP research and monitoring activities.

The HCRI-RP Management Committee allocated $440,000 for projects and identified the following research and monitoring priorities:

  • Expand monitoring activities.
  • Assess impacts of nearshore fishing and aquarium fish collection.
  • Investigate effects of alien and invasive species.
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Fiscal Year 1998

A total of 29 pre-proposals were received in the first year solicitation. Four pre-proposals were selected to be developed into full proposals and were eventually funded. Out of $475,000 available, $425,000 went to sponsor monitoring and research activities.

  • Research and monitoring to build capacity to manage Hawaii’s coral reef ecosystems.
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